Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a process that incorporates the best available medical evidence to improve the daily practices of physicians and patient care. Our goal was to develop strategies to increase EBP in Cuenca, Ecuador. To accomplish this goal, we interviewed and surveyed physicians from the US and Ecuador to identify current usage of EBP in their medical centers. Our research with Cuenca doctors showed that EBP was limited primarily due to a lack of necessary resources. We used our findings to create recommendations to help medical professionals and administrators in Cuenca hospitals to adapt EBP into their daily activities and draw attention to the lack of EBP resources.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Scariati, Alexandra
• Wynn, Jordan J.
• Richins, Margaret C.
• Reid, Silvana M.

Subject

• Health
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 24316
• E-project-051321-114123

Advisor

• Belz, Melissa
• Kurlanska, Courtney Brooke

Year

• 2021

Center

• Cuenca, Ecuador Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Dr. Jaime Moreno

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Date created

• 2021-05-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-08-28