What's the E for EBM?

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7439.535

BMJ 2004;328:535-536 (6 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7439.535

Editorial

What's the E for EBM?

Theme issue will question the evidence for evidence based medicine

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Interest in evidence based medicine has grown exponentiallyfrom one Medline citation in 1992 to more than 13 000 in 2004.Professional organisations and training programmes for healthcareprofessionals have moved from whether to teach evidence basedmedicine to how to teach it, resulting in an explosion in thenumber of courses, workshops, and seminars offered in this practice.Reports describing evidence based rejuvenations of traditionaleducational events are burgeoning, and case reports and a surveyof residency programmes have concluded that some of the determinantsof continuing high attendance at postgraduate journal clubsinclude the teaching of critical appraisal skills and emphasisingthe primary literature (and not surprisingly, providing freefood).^1
2 Familiarity with its terminology has extended intothe popular press, as evidenced by a recent article in the Timesdescribing the number needed to treat.³ But all this leads tothe question, "What's the E for EBM?"

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Sharon E Straus, assistant professor

Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Canada M5G 2C4 (sstraus@mtsinai.on.ca)

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