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== Facilitators&nbsp;<ref>Per Nilsen and Susanne Bernhardsson; Towards evidence-based physiotherapy – research challenges and needs; Journal of Physiotherapy 2013 Vol. 59;143-144</ref>  ==

Some authors express the influences on EBP in physiotherapy&nbsp;as facilitators rather than barriers. For example, Bridges et&nbsp;al (2007) identified several personal characteristics that may&nbsp;facilitate EBP: 

*self-directed learning, 
*a postgraduate degree,&nbsp; 
*a belief that research (particularly in a digested format such&nbsp;as clinical guidelines) can be used in everyday clinical&nbsp;decision-making without interfering with productivity and&nbsp;an efficient patient flow, and 
*nonconformity, ie, not being&nbsp;afraid to diverge from traditional or common practice if&nbsp;newer research reveals more effective methods. Salbach&nbsp;et al (2011) identified online access to research summaries&nbsp;and systematic reviews as a potentially important facilitator because this can save time to search and critically evaluate&nbsp;research articles.<br>

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