Journal article
The use of evidence-based medicine in pediatrics: past, present and future
Current opinion in pediatrics, v 20(3), pp 326-331
Jun 2008
PMID: 18475104
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Abstract
Evidence-based medicine is a process that seeks to integrate the best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values in order to optimize clinical outcomes for our patients. This article will review the benefits of and barriers to the use of evidence-based medicine in pediatrics in the twenty-first century, discuss various implementation strategies and outline the resources that pediatricians could use to increase their knowledge and skills and apply them to their clinical practice.
Although physicians have generally welcomed evidence-based medicine, the benefits and limitations are often debated, and studies reveal that physicians feel that practicing evidence-based medicine could be difficult in a busy clinical practice because they lack the time, knowledge and resources. There have been many recent developments to help pediatricians overcome these barriers and to use best evidence in their practice.
Pediatricians must be able to use the evidence-based medicine process to identify, access, apply and integrate new knowledge into their practice to provide high-quality care for their patients. The resources discussed in this review will help pediatricians make clinical decisions about patient care that are based on the best, most current, valid, and relevant evidence available.
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- Title
- The use of evidence-based medicine in pediatrics: past, present and future
- Creators
- Hans B Kersten - Drexel UniversityE Douglas ThompsonJohn G Frohna
- Publication Details
- Current opinion in pediatrics, v 20(3), pp 326-331
- Publisher
- Lippincott
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000256374000016
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-43449124726
- Other Identifier
- 991019168882204721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Pediatrics