Evidence-based medicine has evolved with at least three distinct components: the core evidence, the systematic methods of reviewing and synthesising the evidence, and the use and application of the evidence in practice. This paper considers the tensions that exist because of different perceptions about the value, quality and interpretation of clinical and research evidence. The current challeng...

Clustering the results of a search can help a multi-document summarizer present a summary for evidence based medicine (EBM). In this work, we introduce a clustering technique that is based on multiobjective (MOO) optimization. MOO is a technique that shows promise in the areas of machine learning and natural language processing. In our approach we show how MOO based semi-supervised clustering t...

INTRODUCTION Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has established itself as a strong predictor of future medical practice by medical students. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of EBM in pre-clinical years and reflect on self-assessment skill of 4th semester medical students regarding the understanding of EBM and its various determinants. METHODS All of the 4th semester (M...

BACKGROUND Evidence based medicine (EBM) is very important in the process of decision making, diagnosis and treatment of patients. For years, medical schools have developed instructions for EBM to determine the attitude and knowledge of physicians towards EBM and their related educational needs. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was a questionnaire study among physicians. One hundred twenty ph...

Evidenced-based medicine (EBM) is a philosophic approach to clinical problems introduced in the 1980s by a group of clinicians at McMaster University in Canada with an interest in clinical epidemiology. The concepts associated with EBM have been widely disseminated. While many feel EBM represents a paradigm shift, others have debated the usefulness of this approach. In this chapter we will prov...

The Vanderbilt Center for Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) defines the term as " the judicious application of scientific knowledge by clinicians in tandem with patient preferences and values … an ongoing process of integrating evidence with the clinician's training and expertise for the care of patients and patient populations. " But, according to a 2003 study of 89 health plans sponsored by the C...

BACKGROUND Using Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) in clinical practice is an important strategy for improving and updating medical services. Therefore, EBM has recently attracted a lot of attention in many medical schools around the world. In this study we tried to evaluate the familiarity of clinical residents who are one of the main clinical decision makers in public hospitals and also the next ...

BACKGROUND Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is an important method used by occupational physicians (OPs) to deliver high quality health care. The presence and quality of a knowledge infrastructure is thought to influence the practice of EBM in occupational health care. This study explores the facilities in the knowledge infrastructure being used by OPs in different countries, and their perceived i...

Background: Evidence- Based Medicine (EBM) refers to the ability and skill in the use and integration of the best evidence obtained from repeatable bias-free clinical trials with the patients’ preferences and conditions. Considering this fact that few large-scale studies have been done in this field in Iran, the present study aimed at comprehensively reviewing the status of EBM performanc...

One of the key elements of improving the health care system in the world is to respect the recommendations resulting from the socalled evidence-based medicine (EBM). Improvement considering clinical decision-making in medicine, including surgery may be attained when best evidence based medicine (EBM) will be combined with the following: – clinical experience, – medical knowledge in the field of...