Evidence-based medicine in podiatric residency training.
Evidence-based medicine--the use of "current best evidence" in making medical decisions--is becoming the standard system for health care delivery. In applying evidence-based medicine, the podiatric profession lags behind in several key ways. Major problems include a scarcity of high-level evidence for most podiatric issues and a lack of database resources that summarize the evidence for easy access. This lack of resources complicates the use of evidenced-based medicine as a teaching tool in podiatric residencies. Other complicating factors include high patient volumes, the need for multiple training sites, and limited control over faculty who are mostly volunteers with little or no formal training in educational methods.
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George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 500 Foothill Avenue, Salt Lake City, UT 84148, USA. ygk@qwest.net
D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011032:Podiatry / Q000193:education*