title: Developing good clinical questions and finding the best evidence to answer those questions.
abstract: Evidence-based medicine involves the integration of the best scientific evidence available with physician experience and patient preferences. One of the first steps in evidence-based medicine involves developing a question based on issues encountered with patients or a disease and finding evidence to answer the question. This article is a guide to plastic surgeons in how to begin the practice of evidence-based medicine by developing clinical questions and finding evidence to answer these questions.
authors.affiliation: Ann Arbor, Mich. From the Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System.
authors.forename: Patricia B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057240:Patient Preference; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States