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The process of EBM has been described as a series of steps, as follows:
  • Convert the need for info. about prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy, and causation into an answerable question
  • Track down the best evidence to answer that question
  • Critically appraise that evidence for its validity (closeness to the truth), impact (size of effect), and applicability (usefulness in one's clinical practice)
  • Integrate the appraisal with one's clinical expertise and with the patient's unique biology, values, and circumstances
  • Evaluate one's effectiveness in executing the first four steps and seek ways of improving one's EBM approach.