Translating Evidence-Based Practices to Clinical Practice: Starting in the Classroom

As researchers and university-level educators in both Malaysia and the United States, we believe that evidence-based practices (EBPs) can improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and provide high quality care when delivering speech therapy services. We know our speech-language-pathology (SLP) students in both countries, future SLPs, will require continuous learning over time. But, are we teaching and practicing EBP in clinic? Are our students understanding the importance of EBP? It’s never too early to start thinking like a SLP who is driven by EBP.