title: What is evidence-based medicine?
abstract: Evidence-based practice requires clinical expertise, common sense, understanding of the circumstances and values of the patient, and judicious application of the best available evidence. This article discusses evidence-based medicine as an explicit and formal problem-solving strategy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition, and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Montori
authors.forename: Gordon H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Guyatt
mesh_terms: D004704:Endocrinology / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans