EBAM For Practitioners: Evaluating & Using Research Evidence in Clinical Practice

March 2003 EBAM For Practitioners: Evaluating & Using Research Evidence in Clinical Practice During the early-to-mid 1990s there was an intensive movement worldwide to adopt principles of evidence-based medicine in all healthcare disciplines. Such efforts were directed to the needs of busy clinicians and staff, enabling them to critically interpret research rather than accepting what was presented at face value. Applied to addiction treatment, Evidence-Based Addiction Medicine (EBAM) involves combining clinical expertise with the best available external evidence on a topic of concern gathered from various sources. EBAM approaches empower addiction treatment providers to clearly differentiate . . .