Is the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of client characteristics, culture, and preferences.

Evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP)

Explanation:

The following statement was approved as policy of the American Psychological Association (APA) by the APA Council of Representatives during its August, 2005 meeting.

Evidence-based practice in psychology (EBPP) is the integration of the best available research with clinical expertise in the context of patient characteristics, culture, and preferences. This definition of EBPP closely parallels the definition of evidence-based practice adopted by the Institute of Medicine (2001, p. 147)

https://www.apa.org/practice/guidelines/evidence-based-statement