There is a growing need to integrate individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.  The underlying concept is that no one can exhaustively be in the know about clinical issues, and as such should consult what has been found to be effective outside his or her area of specialization. The external research comes with convincing evidence, and this brief paper explores three articles which address the issue of clinical evidence, and how they are impacting the healthcare sector.

Evidence Selection Question

The purpose of selecting the articles is to answer their impact in clinical practices. Taylor (2006), in his article, titled clinical evidence illustrates the reason why it is essential for clinical experts to explore external resources and use them in making decisions before treating their patients. The explains in details how clinical evidence is obtained through a series of papers published in medical journals, with the purpose of providing clinical professions with the diverse source to obtain clinical evidence. This article is essential in the sense that it gives justification why clinical evidence is essential and gives a guide on how to go through the studies to obtain the best evidence. Corcoaran (2003) explains in detail how evidence is used to address family based clinical problems. This article is second to the initial one and serves to illustrate how obtained clinical evidence can be used to address patient concerns.  The journal examines in detail the most effective interventional practices based on the outcomes of various research studies and other empirical experiments, giving credence o why the practices should be embraced in the nursing and medical profession. Of the various studies it goes through, the journal also suggests where they can appropriately be used. The last article is from Milne (2009) and gives the principles that should be followed while using evidence in clinical medicine. Even though the practice is becoming common, it cannot go unmonitored. To ensure it is utilized professionally, the article examines the various practices and the principles that should guide those practices. In essence, the three articles just express everything that is needed in clinical evidence, from highlighting how to get the evidence, to highlighting where it should be practiced, and finally giving the principles under which it should be used.

Evidence Summary Question

Clinical professions, particularly those who have been in practice for many years are very experienced in their work. However, given the limitation of human nature, they may not be exhaustive every potential methodology available to address challenges facing their patients. That is where evidence-based clinical practice comes into play. Other professions dedicate their time and energy into research studies to understand various clinical complications, and after that compile them as research studies. These, often published in various journals provide a significant source of extra knowledge, and professionals in the area are encouraged to explore such materials. Evidence-based practice supplies the evidence, and leave the experts to make the decisions. 

Already, thousands of studies have been published about evidence on various clinical complications, and professions in the area are utilizing the evidence to make the decisions about treating patients. Taylor (2006) precisely illustrates that, and even gives a guide to where to gather such evidence for use. The second article compliments such by showing the areas of intervention. Almost every area can use evidence, but others do use more. That is the core of the second article which highlights family interventions where evidence from research studies can be applied to address the issues. The article highlight over a dozen cases which whose solutions are supported by evidence obtained through research.

However, all these practices have to be supervised, particularly the process of obtaining the evidence. Take, for instance, unethical practices while doing research. That can result in wrong results being published. To counter these, the evidence is scrutinized from multiple sources and integrated to see whether they are consistent. Being strict to ensure that the clinical evidence which is obtained at any level is accurate, and do not mislead health care professionals is the purpose of the article which highlights their principles in the practice of evidence-based clinical supervision. The article highlights everything across the methods, including to how professional should utilize the data to ensure it is effective.

In essence, evidence-based clinical practice is very useful, and it is becoming popular in the healthcare sector. The above article exhausts its essence, usefulness, and application in the sector. The articles are themselves convincing why the evidence should be used, in complementary to the expertise of healthcare professionals.