Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Clinical Practice

Clinical practice is the applied, evidence-informed delivery of patient care by clinicians, encompassing history-taking, diagnosis, treatment selection, prescribing, procedural intervention, and ongoing management within the constraints of real-world settings. It rests on the integration of best available research e…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 53× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2640-690X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Clinical practice is the applied, evidence-informed delivery of patient care by clinicians, encompassing history-taking, diagnosis, treatment selection, prescribing, procedural intervention, and ongoing management within the constraints of real-world settings. It rests on the integration of best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values, and on adherence to professional guidelines balanced against individual judgement. A core dimension is the epistemology of medical decision-making: how clinicians reason under uncertainty, weigh probabilistic evidence, recognise the limits of knowledge, and translate population-level data to the individual patient. Rational prescribing is a recurrent theme, particularly antibiotic and antimicrobial use, where stewardship aims to optimise therapy, curb resistance, and reduce inappropriate or excessive administration. Practice quality is increasingly supported by usability-focused tools, decision aids, and informatics that streamline workflow and reduce error, while patient safety extends to anticipating iatrogenic harm such as contrast-agent toxicity during imaging. Studies in this area examine the philosophical and epistemological foundations of medical practice, prescribing behaviour and antimicrobial stewardship, the design and evaluation of usability instruments that improve care delivery, and adverse effects encountered in routine procedures. The field connects clinical reasoning, guideline implementation, pharmacotherapy, and the systems and tools that shape everyday practice and outcomes.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 53 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Clinical Practice, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Family Medicine (ISSN 2640-690X).

Journal editorial board
Dr. John P. Bartkowski · United States Dr. Angela Pia Cazzolla · Italy Dr. Ian James Martins · Australia

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