Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)

Sackett (1996) father of evidence based medicine (EBM) defined EBM as the “conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients”. EBM in practice means the integration of distinct clinical experience with the best available research evidence. Later on the revised definition was given by Masic “a systematic approach to clinical problem solving which allows the integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values” (2008) which included the patients as well in EBM. Based on the evidence physician will have an idea that which type of treatment will be beneficial for treating a certain type of disease in a particular patient. EBM undergoes