Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicine

Physicians are constantly challenged by their patients, the media, and the rapid pace of technological advance 10 keep abreast of new diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the practice of making updated medical decisions through the judicious identification, evalu...

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Main Author:	Seed Amir Mohsen Rezaiee
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2003-01-01
Series:	Journal of Medical Education
Subjects:	randomized controlled trial evidence based medicine assessment
Online Access:	http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/884

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spelling	doaj-e5fe2b6109b745fd96a046b93d438e492020-11-24T22:16:43ZengShaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health ServicesJournal of Medical Education1735-39981735-40052003-01-01229398Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicineSeed Amir Mohsen Rezaiee 0Assistant professor of urology, Member of Committee For Teaching Universities' Faculty Members Educational Development CenterPhysicians are constantly challenged by their patients, the media, and the rapid pace of technological advance 10 keep abreast of new diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the practice of making updated medical decisions through the judicious identification, evaluation, and application of the most relevant published information. RCTs are one of the best primary sources used in EBM Thus, evaluation of the strength and validity of the RCTs that supports the discussion on making medical decisions seems to be necessary. In this paper, main types of biases occurred during the course of an RCT as well as Assessment of RCTs as sources of information in evidence-based medicine are discussed. Key Words: randomized controlled trial, evidence based medicine, assessment http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/jme/article/view/884randomized controlled trialevidence based medicineassessment
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title	Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicine
title_short	Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicine
title_full	Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicine
title_fullStr	Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicine
title_full_unstemmed	Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicine
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publisher	Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
series	Journal of Medical Education
issn	1735-3998 1735-4005
publishDate	2003-01-01
description	Physicians are constantly challenged by their patients, the media, and the rapid pace of technological advance 10 keep abreast of new diagnostic and therapeutic developments. Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the practice of making updated medical decisions through the judicious identification, evaluation, and application of the most relevant published information. RCTs are one of the best primary sources used in EBM Thus, evaluation of the strength and validity of the RCTs that supports the discussion on making medical decisions seems to be necessary. In this paper, main types of biases occurred during the course of an RCT as well as Assessment of RCTs as sources of information in evidence-based medicine are discussed. Key Words: randomized controlled trial, evidence based medicine, assessment
topic	randomized controlled trial evidence based medicine assessment
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Randomized controlled trials as sources of information in evidence based medicine

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