Evidence Based Medicine
Essays

Advantages, disadvantages and feasibility of evidence-based medicine in clinical practice: Errors in the administration of intravenous medications in hospitals

Three articles are summarized in bulleted format: Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. (1992). Evidence-based medicine: A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine. JAMA, 268 (17), 2420-2425; Smith, C. G., Herzka, A. S., & Wenz, J. F. (2004). Searching the medical literature. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 421, 43-49; Waldman, M. H. (2006). Evidence-based medicine. How to translate research into patient care. Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association 96(4), 374-377; and an article by Laupacis, S. & Straus, A.

The process of evidence-based medicine is similar to any occupation within the healthcare discipline. However, differences emerge as a result of different theoretical models and practice domains used.