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Using Causal Models to Develop Knowledge-Based Practice

A scientist claiming "Your practice isn’t evidence based" and a clinician countering "Your evidence isn't practical" likely resonates with PTs on both sides of the argument. In his delivery of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section's Linda Crane Lecture, Sean Collins, PT, ScD, asked the audience to consider just how wide the gap is between them: To what extent can practice be evidence based, and to what extent can research be practical?

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