introduction: it has been found that the decision-making process in medicine is affected, to a large extent, by one’s experience, individual mentality, previous models, and common habitual approaches, in addition to scientific principles. evidence-based medicine is an approach attempting to reinforce scientific, systematic and critical thinking in physicians and provide the ground for optimal d...

despite the existence of a large variety of competency frameworks for medical graduates, there is no agreement on a single set of outcomes. different countries have attempted to define their own set of competencies to respond to their local situations. this article reports the process of developing medical graduates' competency framework as the first step in the curriculum reform in tehran univ...

background: reporting quality of research on medical education has come under scrutiny in recent years in wake of empirical evidence. poor reporting quality of published abstracts may distract readers from careful reading of research evidence or in a worst case mislead scientists. main objective of this study was to evaluate the extent and quality of the submitted abstracts to the 3rd and 4th n...

clinical research usually involves patients with a certain disease or a condition. the generalizability of clinical research findings is based on multiple factors related to the internal and external validity of the research methods. the main methodological issue that influences the generalizability of clinical research findings is the sampling method. in this educational article, we are explai...

(EBME) [corrected] is an attitude of mind that entails the creation of a culture in which teachers think critically about what they are doing, look at the best evidence available and on this basis, make decisions about their teaching practice, and subsequently, undertake the necessary revision and change. More medical schools have opened in Saudi Arabia in the last few years than have existed o...

In 2011, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS) implemented a level-of-evidence (LOE) pyramid to bring attention to evidence-based medicine and to promote quality of research. The objective of our study was to examine the current, overall quality of plastic surgery research when compared with that of the previous 30 years. Articles from PRS published in 2013 were culled for information, inclu...

A new paradigm for medical practice is emerging. Evidence-based medicine de-emphasizes intuition, unsystematic clinical experience, and pathophysiologic rationale as sufficient grounds for clinical decision-making, and stresses the examination of evidence from clinical research. Evidence-based medicine requires new skills of the physician, including efficient literaturesearching, and the applic...

In India, medical education has remained more or less static, and research is in a very poor state. Against this backdrop, the idea of promoting research culture at the undergraduate level may look very unrealistic. Yet, as discussed below, there is a silver lining. Students seeking admission to medical colleges are extraordinarily bright. A fair number of them have also shown research aptitude...