What educational strategies and mechanisms facilitate EBP use? A mixed methods examination of therapist perceptions within a system-driven implementation of multiple EBPs.

Background: Many strategies may be used by external consultants (such as treatment developers and trainers) and internal program leaders to support evidence-based practice (EBP) implementation. The goal of this study was to identify which educational implementation strategies are considered by therapists to be most helpful, through which mechanisms, and whether these strategies are linked to EBP use.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 60 therapists, and 826 therapists completed surveys regarding their perceptions of educational implementation strategies and reported delivery of EBPs within a system-driven, multiple-EBP implementation effort.