Conference Agenda

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has become fundamental in modern health care, including midwifery. Women and their families can benefit from evidence-based midwifery practice, as it leads to improved health outcomes and reduces the variability in quality and provision of care. One way of disseminating and implementing EBP is through evidence-based clinical practical guidelines. These guidelines are systematically developed through a rigorous process that involves reviewing the most current and relevant research, considering clinical expertise, and incorporating the clients’ preferences and values. However, it remains a challenge to integrate evidence-based guidelines into daily perinatal care.

During this round table, we discuss the role and involvement of midwives in evidence-based guideline development as well as the dissemination and implementation into daily midwifery practice. We reflect on gaps, barriers, challenges and opportunities during development, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based guidelines, taking an international point of view into consideration.