Medical practice and the practice of child welfare continue an integral interaction. The Ministry of Children and Family Development responds regularly to calls requiring intervention into suspected non accidental injuries of children or to calls of neglect of children. When services intervene in the lives of other citizens, they must do so based on best evidence available with regard to the probable consequences of that intervention. Evidence based practice (EBP) is a theme which one can locate readily on the internet. Many professional practices are addressing the need.
Definition: Evidence based practice is the diligent, precise and prudent use of recent best evidence for making clinical practice and policy decisions. It has become unmistakable that current criticisms of certain child protection cases in British Columbia point to the need to prioritize EBP. The Evidence Based and Social Investigation Conference which this blog site has been advertising these past several days will apply that definition to child welfare. Blog Post 545 presented the schedule of experts who will be in attendance to apply this definition.
