Practice Evidence-Based Medicine
Purpose
EBM 101 intends to familiarize library users with an understanding of the research process that is required of practicing physicians who have to make daily clinical decisions based on evidence.
Definition
Practice Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) combines individual clinical expertise with the best available clinical evidence from systematic research in making decisions about the care of individual patients.(1,2)
Practicing EBM
- CONSTRUCT a relevant, answerable question from a clinical case.
see Question Formulation - PLAN and carry out a search of the clinical literature.
see Searching the Literature - CRITICALLY APPRAISE the evidence found in the literature for validity.
see Critical Appraisal - APPLY the results of this critical appraisal to clinical practice.
- EVALUATE your performance (e.g. effectiveness and efficiency).
To gain a better understanding of EBM, see EBM Tools with links to other selected EBM websites and tutorials.
¹ Sackett, DL et al. (2000). Evidence-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM (2nd ed) Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
² Sackett, DL et al. (2000). Sharon E. (2005) Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach EBM. 3rd ed. New York : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone.