What’s The Evidence For That? A new series I am starting
One thing I have noticed is that current residents don’t seem to know the evidence supporting a lot of the treatments they use, especially if the studies were done before they started med school. I...
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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams
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An Oral History of EBM JAMA has published an interesting piece on the origins of the EBM movement. They interviewed the pioneers of EBM. The video lasts about 45 min but is very interesting to see how...
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Useful diagram to teach basic EBM concepts
Dr. La Rochelle published an article in BMJ EBM this month with a very useful figure in it (see below). It is useful because it can help our learners (and ourselves) remember the relationship between...
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Tarnished Gold Chapter 3: Prove It
This chapter dealt with the issues of what constitutes evidence. Instead of focusing on their views I will focus on my views of evidence. A common criticism of EBM is that it very strict in what it...
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