tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post111454128002594453..comments2023-07-14T02:53:40.719-07:00Comments on retired doc's thoughts: Retired Doc's suggestion for Medical Curriculum, Part 7-how to apply population data to individual patientsjames gaultehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537303135780186926noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-1114761397070342022005-04-29T00:56:00.000-07:002005-04-29T00:56:00.000-07:00This is a very good post. Speaking as a "hard-core...This is a very good post. Speaking as a "hard-core" EBMer, someone who in medical school thought EBM is the greatest revolution in clinical thinking in the latter half of the 20th century (and still do, actually), I have to say that the point you make here is all to easily lost on some folk who almost worship the RCT as the only arbiter of clinical truth. I have come to realize over the years that the RCT, and similar large scale clinical investigations of heterogenous populations, is in reality most important as a <I>public health </I>tool: ie. it gives us knowledge about whether, by licensing a certain drug/product, we will do more or less harm to people than if we didn't. The relevance of these studies to <I>the practice of medicine</I> is actually less straightforward than most people realize. <BR/><BR/>ACRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11034229.post-1114759744480898472005-04-29T00:29:00.000-07:002005-04-29T00:29:00.000-07:00Wow. You've got a good blog going here! I'm bookma...Wow. You've got a good blog going here! I'm bookmarking you. Keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com