Evidence Based Medicine

Question 1

What is evidence based medicine?

Answer 1

The conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients

Question 2

What are the steps of practicing evidence based medicine?

Answer 2

Ask a focussed question
Track down the evidence
Critically appraise the validity of the evidence
Apply the evidence in practice

Question 3

Describe the PICO framework for formulating a focussed question.

Answer 3

P - people, patients, population
I - intervention
C - comparison, control, comparator
O- outcome