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EBM notebook Practice corner: setting EBM in motion

In addition to time pressures that we encounter when searching for evidence to support care decisions for individual patients, it may be difficult for clinicians to apply the evidence that we find. The rate limiting step may not be doing the search, but the steps needed in “setting evidence-based medicine (EBM) in motion.” We present an example of a search for evidence by a Physician Assistant ...

What is EBM?

Critics of evidence-based medicine (EBM) often ask for randomised trial proof that ‘EBM’ works. The trial1 by Izcovich and colleagues is a laudable attempt to address this gap, but, to interpret it, we need to examine two things: the EBM processes used and the statistical power of the study. EBM is an approach to clinical care and continuing medical education; it is not a single standard proces...

EBM Experimental Biology and Medicine

Experimental Biology and Medicine Charlotte Atkinson, Cara L. Frankenfeld and Johanna W. Lampe to Human Health Gut Bacterial Metabolism of the Soy Isoflavone Daidzein: Exploring the Relevance 2005, 230:155-170. Experimental Biology and Medicine http://ebm.rsmjournals.com/content/230/3/155 Updated information and services can be found at: http://ebm.rsmjournals.com/content/230/3/155#BIBL This ar...

EBM Experimental Biology and Medicine

‘offended’ apologists for EBM