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Arch Dermatol. 1998;134:1519-1520.

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IN CLINICAL practice, caring for patients generates many questions about diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy that challenges us to keep up-to-date with the medical literature. A study of North American general physicians found that 2 clinically important questions arose for every 3 patients seen.¹ Another challenge to keeping abreast of the medical literature is the volume of clinical literature. General physicians who want to keep up-to-date with articles relevant to their practices face the task of examining 19 articles a day, 365 days a year.²

One approach to meeting these challenges is to learn how to practice evidence-based medicine. The practice of evidence-based medicine involves integrating clinical expertise with the best available clinical evidence from systematic research.³ Individual expertise refers to the proficiency and judgment that each clinician acquires through clinical experience, and includes considering the patients' unique situations, values, and expectations. Best available clinical evidence is defined as clinically relevant . . . [Full Text of this Article]

ASKING ANSWERABLE CLINICAL QUESTIONS


SEARCHING FOR THE EVIDENCE

CRITICALLY APPRAISING THE EVIDENCE

APPLYING THE EVIDENCE

EVALUATION OF OUR PERFORMANCE

CONCLUSIONS


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