EBVM Methodology

Recorded August 2016 The process of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is divided into 5 phases: 1. Developing the clinical question Developing the clinical question Finding the evidence Retrieve the evidence Evaluate the evidence Implement the evidence The practice of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) starts with forming a clinical questions. Questions, like evidence, should be prioritized. Likewise, once the question is formed and the evidence is found, a critical eye should examine factors the reader understands, most clinicians are not statisticians, put emphasis on the methodology over the statistical method when evaluating quality.