OBJECTIVES To determine the attitude of general practitioners towards evidence based medicine and their related educational needs. DESIGN A questionnaire study of general practitioners. SETTING General practice in the former Wessex region, England. SUBJECTS Randomly selected sample of 25% of all general practitioners (452), of whom 302 replied. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Respondents' attitud...

OBJECTIVE To describe the development and validation of a test of knowledge and skills in evidence based medicine. DESIGN Cross sectional study. SETTING Family practice residency programme in California; a list server for those who teach evidence based medicine; and an evidence based medicine seminar series. PARTICIPANTS Family practice residents and faculty members (n=43); volunteers sel...

Clinical practice guidelines, based on the concept of evidence-based medicine, have positively impacted care of patients with cardiovascular disease, since their introduction over 30 years ago. Guidelines both ‘guide’ clinical practice and inform national and local healthcare policy. Now, a new definition for trustworthy guidelines —supported by explicit standards—is a major advance widely reco...

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the cyclical economic downturn in the united states has forced many extension administrators to rethink and adjust services and programming. the cooperative extension system (ces), the organization primarily responsible for governmental extension work in the united states, at iowa state university responded to this economic downturn by restructuring its organization from county based to a regio...

W ith all the talk about ‘‘transformation’’ in medicine, there are challenges ahead for each of us, no matter what our current practice status is. The impending change makes the need to remain current with medical knowledge and technological advances all the more crucial. Medicine has always been a lifelong learning experience over a 3to 4-decade career. Private practitioners, by virtue of thei...