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...

Introduction: Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has establisheditself as a strong predictor of future medical practice by medicalstudents. The purpose of this study was to determine theeffectiveness of EBM in pre-clinical years and reflect on selfassessmentskill of 4th semester medical students regarding theunderstanding of EBM and its various determinants.Methods: All of the 4th semester (MD4) med...

results of the 120 distributed questionnaires, 94 questionnaires were completed and returned (78.3%). about 56.6% of participants used the internet to answer the questions about their patients. there was a significant relationship between patient-related barriers and manager-related barriers (r = 0.237, p = 0.023). post hoc tests showed that there is a significant difference between the attitud...

BACKGROUND Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is being embraced by an increasing number of practitioners and advocates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). A significant constituency within CAM, however, appears to have substantive doubts about EBM and some are expressly hostile. DISCUSSION Many of the arguments raised against EBM within the CAM community are based on a caricature radi...

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...

background: evidence-based medicine (ebm) is a current practice in medicine to produce clinical practice guidelines from well-designed, randomized, controlled trials. we studied knowledge, attitude, and practice of ebm of neurologists who participated in the iranian congress of neurology. methods: a self-administered anonymous questionnaire was distributed and filled by neurologists. results: a...

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...

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been widely used in medicine for 2 decades. Recently, EBM has become a central part of reforming nursing homes and quality improvement. It is very important for long-term care providers to practice EBM. This article briefly introduces the concept of EBM; addresses some potential benefits, harms, and challenges of practicing EBM in long-term care settings; and p...

  Evidence based medicine (EBM) can be found as far back as the 1940s. However, it was in 1972 that the concept first came into play, originated by Professor Archie Cochrane, in his book, Effectiveness & Efficiency: Random Reflections on Health Services. This was the foundation for evidence based research, and in 1992 a facility was funded by the UK government, with the aim of performing r...