Evidence-based decision making—the six step approach

If we intend to implement evidence-based medicine more efficiently, we need to modify the way students and clinicians learn to make decisions. [...]an additional step was introduced in our evidence-based medicine teaching programme (step 2 in the table). Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand Age Ageing Am J Cardiol Am J Med Am J Obstet Gynecol Am J Psychiatry Am J Public Health Am J Respir Crit Care Med Ann Emerg Med Ann Intern Med Ann Surg Arch Dis Child Arch Gen Psychiatry Arch Intern Med Arch Neurol Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med Arch Surg Arthritis Rheum BJOG BMJ Br J Gen Pract Br J Psychiatry Br J Surg CMAJ Chest Circulation Cochrane Library Crit Care Med Diabetes Care Gastroenterology Gut Heart Hypertension JAMA J Am Coll Cardiol J Am Coll Surg J Am Geriatr Soc J Clin Epidemiol J Fam Pract J Gen Intern Med J Infect Dis J Intern Med J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry J Pediatr J Vasc Surg Lancet Med Care Med J Aust N Engl J Med Neurology Obstet Gynecol Pain Pediatrics Rheumatology Spine Stroke Surgery Thorax *Approximately 60 additional journals are reviewed.