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Evidence-Based Practice / Unit 8   EBP 1067 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Why a Web Search Fails Here

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The idea

A general web search for a guideline returns overwhelmingly studies of guideline implementation, commentaries, editorials and letters — not guidelines.

In practice

Tens of millions of results, few of which are the document sought.

Where people slip

The results are not merely numerous. They are the wrong kind of thing, which no amount of scrolling fixes.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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