Healthy Skepticism Library item: 14448

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Publication type: Journal Article

Montori VM, Guyatt GH.
Progress in Evidence-Based Medicine
JAMA 2008 Oct 15; 300:(15):1814-1816
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/300/15/1814

Abstract:

In 1992 JAMA published an article by the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group focusing on the role of evidence-based medicine (EBM) in medical education…

…The Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature series in JAMA that quickly followed the article provided tools for learners and teachers to hone their skills in appraising and applying results of studies focused on questions of therapy, diagnosis, prognosis, and harm…

An analogy can be made between EBM and nuclear fission: it can be very powerful when used appropriately and dangerous when used inappropriately…

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group
JAMA. 1992;268(17):2420-2425