American Music Therapy Association

Whether as a clinician or researcher, relying on Evidenced Based Practice is important in advancing both your own clinical practice as well as the music therapy profession. Effectively balancing all three domains of EBP is crucial. This CMTE will first focus on learning how to find and interpret the research, then discuss how to synthesize clinical experience with client goals within both quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Objectives:

• Obj. #1: Participants will have a better understanding of how/where to find research specific to their needs. CBMT Domain I.D.2a
• Obj. #2: Participants will articulate how Evidence Based Practice directly impacts their work. CBMT Domain I.D.4
• Obj. #3: Participants will define areas of bias in a research paper and how that relates to the validity/reliability of incorporating into clinical practice CBMT Domain I.C.1

Schedule:

• Introduction and definitions in Evidence-Based Practice 15 Min
• Evidence/Research-Where to find it (Experiential): 30 Min
• Evidence/Research-How to read it Quantitative (Review of article): 30 Min
• Evidence/Research-How to read it Qualitative (Review of article): 30 Min
• Break:15 minutes
• Clinical Experience: Integrating research into practice (when it works): 30 Min
• Clinical Experience: Integrating research into practice (when it's close but not quite): 30 Min
• Clinical Experience: Integrating research into practice (when it doesn't work): 15 Min
• Break: 15 Min
• Patient/Client Goals: Listening to what our clients want: 15 Min
• Patient/Client Goals: Integrating Research and Clinical Experience with what our Client's Goals: 25 Min
• Break: 10 Min
• Advancing EBP: Collaborating, writing, data collecting, advocating: 30 Min
• Evaluations: 10 Min