[AVAPL Members] Re: Some Thoughts on Evidence Based Practice

  • From: "Wettstein, Barbara L" <Barbara.Wettstein1@xxxxxx>
  • To: <members1@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:49:10 -0700

I would also like to be involved in such a group if formed.

Appreciated your comments about EBT.

 

Barbara L. Wettstein, Ph.D

Staff Psychologist

Local Evidence Based Psychotherapy Co-coordinator, GLA

(310)478-3711, x49466

 

 

 

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[mailto:avaplmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bateman, Guy D.
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Martha, if you get a "back-channel electronic workgroup" formed to
address your idea, I'd like to be involved.

 

Thanks.  Sorry I missed the VA Psychology Leaders Conference this year,
sounds like it was very good.

 

 

Guy Dean Bateman, Ph.D.

Lead Clinical Psychologist

Mental Health Service Line

VAMC St. Cloud, MN

320-252-1670 ext. 6205

 

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Brownlee-Duffeck, Martha CMOVAMC
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:31 AM
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Dear All,

 

I too was very inspired by Dr Goodheart's talk and discussed with our
psychologists the idea of "piloting" her model at our VA to the extent
practicable.  I am looking forward to the workshops she will be doing at
APA this year. 

 

In the end, treatment efficacy (with or without a manual) becomes an
empirical question.  It is only by making clinical outcomes research
part of clinical care that we move the science and practice of
psychology forward. 

 

Perhaps, if there is a group of us that want to try this we could
approach her via e-mail  and form an "electronic workgroup" to problem
solve implementation issues as the arise.

 

Let's talk more "back channel" to avoid overloading mailboxes.

 

Martha

 

 

Martha Brownlee-Duffeck

Martha Brownlee-Duffeck, Ph.D., ABPP

Psychology Leader & Director of Training, 

Post-doctoral Program

Behavioral Health Service Line, 

Harry S Truman Veteran's Hospital

800 Hospital Drive, BHSL

Columbia, Missouri 65201

 

Adjunct  Professor, 

Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

University of Missouri School of Medicine

 

Adjunct Professor, Department of Health Psychology

University of Missouri School of Health Professions

 

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[mailto:avaplmembers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Feld, Daniel
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:11 AM
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Subject: [AVAPL Members] Some Thoughts on Evidence Based Practice

 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

It was great to see and talk with many of you at the AVAPL conference.
I was left with some thoughts about evidence based practice after
hearing Dr. Goodheart's address that I wanted to put out there. 

It occurred to me that the way VA is responding to the call to offer
evidence-based treatments to all veterans who want them is to train
clinicians in specific therapies that have been supported by the
research literature--and that have been shown to be effective for many.
I think this approach is admirable and we've seen first-hand at our
facility how these treatments have helped several veterans reclaim their
lives. 

But what I found particularly inspiring about Dr. Goodheart's talk was
the idea that we can develop an evidence base for the treatments we
already do by incorporating outcome measures into our clinical work with
veterans. I'm sure that many of us who haven't been trained in any of
the evidence-based therapies being rolled out do feel that we are
effective with many of the veterans we work with, and that the folks we
see make significant changes in their lives.

So...what I'm wondering is if we can consider including the use of
outcome measures to look at how effective we are in working with our
veterans. This could only add to the constructive efforts that we're
already making in VA to provide our veterans with treatments that work.
It also has the potential of expanding how we define evidence based
practice. 

What do you all think?

Best,

Danny

Daniel Feld, Psy.D.

Assistant Chief of Psychology

VA New York Harbor Healthcare System

Brooklyn and St Albans Campuses

(718) 836-6600 x6806

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