Evidence-Based Social Care

Geraldine Macdonald is Director of Information and Knowledge Management at the Commission for Social Care Inspection. She is also Visiting Professor of Social Work and Applied Social Studies at the School for Policy Studies.. She has had a close involvement with the Cochrane Collaboration since the mid 1990s and has served as the Archie Cochrane Research Fellow at Green College, University of Oxford. Currently, Geraldine is also Visiting Professor at Centre for Evidence-Based Social Services, University of Exeter. Her particular research interests include critical thinking and decision-making in social work, the evaluation of social welfare interventions, cognitive-behavioural therapy, child protection and ethics. Geraldine has been Co-ordinating Editor of the Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Review Group since its establishment in 1998.

1. Why evidence-based practice? 2. Best evidence 3. Current best evidence 4. Systematic reviews and best practice guidelines 5. Users and carers - centre stage 6. What about process? 7. Skills for evidence-based decision-makers 8. Evidence-based training 9. Supports for evidence-based policy and practice.