are problematic. Although empiricism (ie, the doctrine that all knowledge is derived from sense experience) is not the only path to knowledge, EBM and POEMs (ie, EBM’s most clinically relevant offshoot) apply knowledge and evidence that produces outcomes. If a medical outcome is not “sensed” in some way by our patients or recognized through laboratory evaluations, it should be questioned along ...

background and purpose: adequate evidence based medicine (ebm) knowledge and skills are required to provide up-to-date, high quality medical care to patients. unfortunately, achieving these skills and knowledge requires a prolonged learning process and constant exposure to ebm concepts. the adult learning theory holds the assumption that adults learn better in a problem based and collaborative ...

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...

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...

OBJECTIVE To answer five research questions: Do Norwegian physicians know about the three important aspects of EBM? Do they use EBM methods in their clinical practice? What are their attitudes towards EBM? Has EBM in their opinion changed medical practice during the last 10 years? Do they use EBM based information sources? DESIGN Cross sectional survey in 2006. SETTING Norway. PARTICIPANT...