BACKGROUND The effectiveness of teaching critical appraisal to students of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) has not been studied. In this study we attempt to determine if a workshop for final year students at a naturopathic college improved their ability to utilize critical appraisal concepts. METHODS We assigned 83 Naturopathic Interns to two groups: Group A (n = 47) or Group B (...

The major difference between Iranian traditional medicine and allopathic medicine is in the application  of  evidence  and  documents.  In  this  study,  criteria  for  evidence-based  practice  in  Iranian traditional medicine and its rules of practice were studied. The experts' views were investigated through in- depth, semi-structured interviews and the results were categorized into four mai...

UNLABELLED The concept of evidence based medicine (EBM) as the integration of clinical expertise, patient values and the best evidence was introduced by David Sackett in the 1980s. Scientific literature in medicine is often marked by expansion, acummulation and quick expiration. Reading all important articles to keep in touch with relevant information is impossible. Finding the best evidence th...

Many cultures have developed folk herbal remedies for various symptoms of mental illness. An evidence base now is being developed for some of these “alternative” herbal remedies. There has been an increase in the number and proportion of clinical trials of complementary medicine, which suggests a trend toward an evidence-based approach. This review presents the scientific information reg...

background and purpose: today, according to busy doctors, one of the ways to keep their medical information up to date is the use of evidence-based medicine (ebm). the purpose of this study was to determine the educational needs of ebm in clinical faculty members working in shahid beheshti university hospitals in tehran and the prioritization of these needs . methods: the study was descriptive,...

Evidence-based medicine is now generally perceived to be the dominant operating system in conventional medicine. Evidence-based medicine developed concurrently with the internet and the world wide web. This is no coincidence since evidence-based medicine suggests a personal responsibility for clinicians to keep abreast of research that would be difficult without the information access that the ...

decisions in healthcare should be based on information obtained according to the principles of evidence-based medicine (ebm). an increasing number of systematic reviews are published which summarize the results of prevalence studies. interpretation of the results of these reviews should be accompanied by an appraisal of the methodological quality of the included data and studies. the critical a...

Background and aims: Evidence based medicine (EBM) is a systematic process that can lead to enhancement of clinician’s traditional skills in diagnosis and treatment. Teaching EBM to medical students will improve their performance and help them to be up-to-date in their profession. The aim of this study was to compare Shiraz (type 1 university) and Rafsanjan (type 2) students in clinical stage i...