{"id":3286,"date":"2020-05-11T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cu-sites.pantheonsite.io\/library\/?page_id=3286"},"modified":"2025-05-14T10:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T14:17:43","slug":"evidence-based-medicine-ebm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/health-sciences-library-2\/health-sciences-guides\/evidence-based-medicine-ebm\/","title":{"rendered":"Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Evidence based medicine<\/strong> is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.\u00a0(Sackett, et al. BMJ 1996;312:71-71)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also frequently referred to as Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), depending on the source. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-5fc09d69-81a1-49a4-9005-6073f3aba421 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Guides and Tutorials<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"The Centre promotes evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them. Includes the EBM Toolbox, an assortment of materials which are very useful for practitioners of EBM, and EBM Teaching Materials, including PowerPoint presentations.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cebm.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford University)<\/a> &#8211; The Centre promotes evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them. Includes the EBM Toolbox, an assortment of materials which are very useful for practitioners of EBM, and EBM Teaching Materials, including PowerPoint presentations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"The goals of this tutorial are to clearly outline the theory of evidence based medicine and to explain how that theory can be put to practice in the day-to-day work of caring for patients. - See more at: http:\/\/libguides.mssm.edu\/ebm#sthash.5KLSRgC1.dpuf\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/libguides.mssm.edu\/ebm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evidence Based Medicine Tutorial<\/a> &#8211; from Mount Sinai Levy Library, the goals of this tutorial are to clearly outline the theory of evidence based medicine and to explain how that theory can be put to practice in the day-to-day work of caring for patients.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"A comprehensive guide to evidence based practice created by the McMaster University Health Sciences Library.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/hslmcmaster.libguides.com\/c.php?g=306765&amp;p=2044794\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resources for Evidence-Based Practice<\/a> &#8211; a comprehensive guide to evidence based practice created by the McMaster University Health Sciences Library.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.mclibrary.duke.edu\/ebptutorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial<\/a> &#8211; intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Practice. 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Video and text available.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-5a4d5bbb-8d08-4395-a7a0-2d255609b0a3 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">eBooks<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ebookcentral.proquest.com\/lib\/clarkson-ebooks\/detail.action?docID=351123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evidence-Based Medicine: In Sherlock Holmes&#8217; Footsteps<\/a> &#8211; by Jorgen Nordenstrom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarksonuniversitylibrary.on.worldcat.org\/search\/detail\/891449858?queryString=%22evidence%20based%20medicine%22&amp;clusterResults=true&amp;stickyFacetsChecked=true&amp;baseScope=&amp;sortKey=LIBRARY&amp;format=Book&amp;groupVariantRecords=false&amp;scope=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Geriatric medicine: an evidence-based approach<\/a> &#8211; by Frank Lally (editor) and Christine Roffe (editor)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarksonuniversitylibrary.on.worldcat.org\/search\/detail\/966641371?queryString=%22evidence%20based%20medicine%22&amp;clusterResults=true&amp;stickyFacetsChecked=true&amp;baseScope=&amp;sortKey=LIBRARY&amp;format=Book&amp;groupVariantRecords=false&amp;scope=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Painless evidence-based medicine<\/a> &#8211; by Antonio L Dans (editor), Leonila F Dans (editor), and Maria Asuncion A Silvestre (editor)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarksonuniversitylibrary.on.worldcat.org\/search\/detail\/716208689?queryString=%22evidence%20based%20medicine%22&amp;clusterResults=true&amp;stickyFacetsChecked=true&amp;baseScope=&amp;sortKey=LIBRARY&amp;groupVariantRecords=false&amp;scope=&amp;subformat=Book%3A%3Abook_digital&amp;changedFacet=format&amp;bookReviews=off&amp;page=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The philosophy of evidence-based medicine<\/a> &#8211; by Jeremy Howick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarksonuniversitylibrary.on.worldcat.org\/search\/detail\/57218437?queryString=%22evidence%20based%20medicine%22&amp;clusterResults=true&amp;stickyFacetsChecked=true&amp;baseScope=&amp;sortKey=LIBRARY&amp;groupVariantRecords=false&amp;scope=&amp;subformat=Book%3A%3Abook_digital&amp;changedFacet=format&amp;bookReviews=off\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ethics and evidence-based medicine: fallibility and responsibility in clinical science<\/a> &#8211; by Kenneth W Goodman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-76fe803c-fc70-435e-8918-2ff28b12793c advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Related Guides<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/health-sciences-library-2\/health-sciences-guides\/literature-searching\/\">Literature Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.\u00a0(Sackett, et al. 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