Making evidence-based medicine doable in everyday practice.

and epidemiologists at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, officially coined the term “evidence-based medicine.” From the get-go, the concept faced mixed reviews: excitement from those in the academic and research worlds and suspicion from those in the “real world,” who found EBM impractical in a busy medical office. However, a lot can change in a decade. Today, with the advent of large databases of medical research, a wealth of new evidence-based resources, the rise of “information mastery” and easy access to information via the Internet, evidence-based medicine is finally becoming doable for busy family physicians.