Evidence-Based Health Practice

Evidence-Based Health Practice is an introductory level text for undergraduate students studying in allied health, public health and nursing courses in Australia and New Zealand. It explains research methodology in relation to evidence-based practice and interprofessionalism, and provides students with relevant information to help them develop the skills they need to find, understand and evaluate evidence.

Through carefully chosen case studies and research examples the text shows students how to consider evidence from a broad, team-based, interprofessional practice perspective. In addition, students are encouraged to engage with research in order to develop their thinking and their abilities to reflect upon and refine their practice.

Valerie A. Wright-St Clair, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology,Duncan Reid, Associate Professor/Dean of Health, Auckland University of Technology,Susan Shaw, Associate Dean, Auckland University of Technology,Joanne Ramsbotham, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology


Dr Valerie Wright-St Clair is Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation and Occupational Studies. Her research areas are occupational science, hermeneutic or interpretive phenomenology, understanding the everyday experience of aging, measuring everyday occupations and gerontology.

Duncan Reid completed his Master thesis investigating the influence of hamstring extensibility on the lumbar and pelvic angles in rowers. He has also been involved in the development of clinical practice guidelines for knee, shoulder and forearm injuries.

Susan Shaw is Associate Dean (Undergraduate), Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences - Director of the National Centre for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice.

Joanne Ramsbotham is Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing at Queensland University of Technology.