Using evidence for professional development

Evidence based approaches to professional development may involve:

• Identifying an issue or aspect of practice you want to change;
• Identifying suitable actions/ interventions/ changes to practice;
• Implementing one or more of these and
• Reflecting on how you put the changes into practice.
• Reflection

Existing evidence can play an important role in this process by:

• Helping you decide what you want to change (is it something others say is important)
• Helping you decide how to change your practice
• Providing models for how to implement the changes
• Providing comparators when you measure the impact of your change.