Problem: Evidence-based practices (EBP) have been increasingly promoted as 'best practice' since the formal introduction of evidence-based medicine in 1992, and have since spread from medicine to
- the allied health professions,
- education,
- management,
- law,
- public policy,
- a range of other fields.
However, it could be argued that for most of history, professions have based their practice on evidence derived from experience, passed down in the form of tradition. This now seems at odds with the contemporary definition of EBP and in some instances is labeled as poor practice or even "quackery".
What is the difference between EBP and tradition-based practice?