Evidence-based practice in Malaysia: where are we and what more can be done?

• Main Author: Teng CL
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2013-10-01
• Series: Malaysian Family Physician
• Subjects: evidence-based practice; family practice; physician’s practice patterns; Malaysia
• Online Access: http://www.e-mfp.org/2013v8n2/evidence-based-practice.pdf

As a young family medicine trainee in the early 1990s and like many other colleagues, I was quite excited by the intense debate on the role of evidence-based medicinein the BMJ and the Lancet,1-3 and closely followed publications from the ACP Journal Club, BMJ’s Evidence-Based Medicine journal and As a young family medicine trainee in the early 1990s and like many other colleagues, I was quite excited by the intense debate on the role of evidence-based medicinein the BMJ and the Lancet,1-3 and closely followed publications from the ACP Journal Club, BMJ’s Evidence-Based Medicine journal and based clinical practice guidelines. However, adoption of these clinical practice guidelines by healthcare practitioners remains patchy.