E is for equivocal in EBM

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...

‘offended’ apologists for EBM

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 ...

EBM E-learning: Feasible and Effective for Occupational Physicians in Different Countries

OBJECTIVES Although evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a useful method for integrating evidence into the decision-making process of occupational physicians, occupational physicians lack EBM knowledge and skills, and do not have the time to learn the EBM method. In order to enable them to educate themselves at the time and place they prefer, we designed an electronic EBM course. We studied the fea...

Epitaph for the EBM in action series.

RESEARCH Initial experience with capsule endoscopy at a major referral hospital André K H Chong, Andrew C F Taylor, Ashley M Miller, Paul V Desmond 537 Stress debriefing after childbirth: a randomised controlled trial Susan R Priest, Jenni Henderson, Sharon F Evans, Ronald Hagan 542 Hepatitis C transmission and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis after needleand syringe-sharing in Australian prisons ...