Evidence-based decision making--the six step approach

Evidence - based decision making — the six step approach

Evidence-based decision making--the 6-step approach.

T he basic concept of evidence-based medicine proposes to make health-related decisions based on a synthesis of internal and external evidence. Internal evidence is composed of knowledge acquired through formal education and training, general experience accumulated from daily practice, and specific experience gained from an individual clinician–patient relationship. External evidence is accessi...

The Use of Evidence by Decision-Making Committees

The Feasibility of Evidence- based Decision Making in a Toxicology Emergency Case

Evidence- Based Medicine (EBM) aims to bring the best available evidence into clinical practice.  Different clinical methods of education such as in-patient rounds, follow up rounds, out-patients rounds, group sessions, grand rounds, lectures, and journal clubs could be held by EBM approach. The current text presents two interrelated case reports; a case report of EBM decision making in an emer...

Making Ethical Decisions. A six-step process should guide ethical decision making in healthcare.