LibGuides: Evidence Based Medicine: Home

What is EBM?

[Evidence Based Medicine is] the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.¹

[EBM is] a process of turning clinical problems into questions and then systematically locating, appraising, and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for clinical decisions.²

1. Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, Haynes RB, Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn’t. BMJ. 1996;312(7023):71-72. doi:10.1136/bmj.312.7023.71

2. Rosenberg W, Donald A. Evidence based medicine: an approach to clinical problem-solving. BMJ. 1995;310(6987):1122-1126. doi:10.1136/bmj.310.6987.1122

Evidence Based Practice Cycle - 5 A's

Assess - Clinical Evaluation
Ask - Developing a Clinical Question
Acquire - Searching for the Evidence
Appraise - Critical Appraisal of the Evidence
Apply - Applying the Evidence to the Patient's Care

Investigate the tabs in this guide for resources on developing clinical questions, evidence-based resources to search, and appraisal tools. You can also take a look at the general EBM resources in the right sidebar, or contact the library for help identifying evidence to use in your own practice or for some one on one instruction in EBP principles or searching.

EBM Learning Resources

Introduction to Evidence Based Practice Tutorial
This self-paced tutorial will take you through the complete EBP process, emphasizing the elements of a well-built clinical question and the key issues that help determine the validity of evidence. (Medical Center Library at Duke University & Health Sciences Library at UNC Chapel Hill)