The phrase "actual practice change" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing modifications or improvements in methods or behaviors within a specific context, such as healthcare, education, or organizational practices.
Example: "The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of the new training program in promoting actual practice change among healthcare professionals."
Alternatives: "real change in practice" or "genuine practice modification".
The problem with all these is that old habits die hard: doctors can go on a course to learn about new evidence, but it's harder to change actual practice.
The changes reported in this study could represent, in part, a change in the research clinic attendance pattern as opposed to a change in actual practice if, for instance, the research clinic attendees have become more likely to attend hospital clinics or have fewer complications of diabetes than those who do not attend clinics.
Third, to get change into actual practice a strategy is necessary including attention to resources and materials, support workers and training, and time, not least to reflect on practice.
Multivariate regression analysis techniques were used to identify the relation between the independent variables and specialists' reported change in actual practice.
The update is partly an exercise in good housekeeping: the current guidelines were written in 1992 and do not reflect advances in economic theory and changes to actual practice since then.
However, prior research suggests that dissemination of printed materials and training do not produce large changes in actual practice [ 8, 9].
Another disadvantage of the widely accepted method is that it does not admit baseline value variations within a day, which may well occur in actual practice due to an abrupt temperature change in the pavilion or small-scale EMF signals described above.
In order for policy to make a difference and change to occur in actual practice, personal beliefs of frontline staff must be evaluated and incorrect beliefs challenged.
These topics were chosen due to the existing gap between evidence and actual practice and the potential benefits resulting from changes in the management of patients.
Because this study was not an audit of actual practice, we cannot be sure that the self-reported changes actually reflected improved healthcare.
