Evidence-Based Medicine as a New Paradigm of Teaching and Practicing Medicine

Authors

  • Luis Huicho Instituto de Salud del Niño; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v58i2.4701

Keywords:

Evidence based medicine, Decision-making in medicine, Medicine teaching

Abstract

A critical review is made of this new proposal for medicine practice and teaching. A brief introduction of the medical context is first outlined. The content of Evidence-Based Medicine is then described, emphasizing the best available external clinical evidence, the clinical expertise and the predicaments of patients. Applications of this movement in clinical medicine and public health are pointed out. Finally, its advantages and potential risks and limitations are discussed. Evidence-based medicine is a novel viewpoint proposing a healthy subversion in medicine. It promotes a rational scepticism of physicians when faced with a clinical problem. To make a clinical decision, they should not be satisfied with the advice of their venerable expert colleagues, they should instead turn their attention to the combination of external evidence, their own clinical expertise and the predicaments of their patients.

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Published

1997-06-16

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (1997)

Section

Artículo Especial

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Copyright (c) 1997 Luis Huicho

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Huicho L. Evidence-Based Medicine as a New Paradigm of Teaching and Practicing Medicine. An Fac med [Internet]. 1997 Jun. 16 [cited 2024 Jun. 30];58(2):118-27. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/4701