How to Practice and Teach EBM

摘要: Smith has written a most interesting obituary of Dave Sackett, whom I first met in 1995 at his office the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford. was publishing director for Churchill Livingstone and had made appointment directly with him by email, which he prolific early user. Sackett sat very large screen, talking to me breaking off from time take part an evidence based medicine (EBM) email discussion group started. there ask write practical handbook on EBM clinicians students. After some searching questions agreed immediately summoned William Rosenberg, clinical tutor department, announced that they would be working together book. Brian Haynes McMaster University, Canada, W Scott Richardson University Rochester, USA, also joined team, book published 1997 as Evidence Based Medicine: How Practice Teach EBM. The print run 2500, we knew success our hands when it sold out week. edition went sell 40 000 copies quickly followed second 2000, accompanying CD-ROM (remember those?). Now its fourth edition, 150 English been translated into several other languages. did much help spread message about EBM, turn many speaking engagements helped widely. With now mainstream medical curriculum this perhaps served main purpose, but approachable, enthusiastic, times irreverent style students understand—and even enjoy—this important subject.