Director of Veterinary Medicine, Associate Veterinarian Loyal, Adobe Animal Hospital San Francisco, California, United States
Disclosure(s):
Brennen A. McKenzie, MA, MSc, VMD: No financial relationships to disclose
Presentation Description / Summary: This session will briefly review the history of evidence-based veterinary medicine, tracing how the concept emigrated from human medicine and was adapted for the veterinary field. The emergence of key organizations and initiatives to develop EBVM will be examined, as well as the major impediments to adoption and implementation of EBVM principles and practices. The main goal will be to understand the potential and the challenges for evidence-based medicine in the veterinary context and consider whether the field can continue to progress and impact clinical practices and, if so, how this can best be accomplished.
Learner Outcomes: Forthcoming
Learning Objectives:
Lerners will develop a better understanding of the advent and evolution of evidence-based medicine in the veterinary field over the last twenty-five years, and how the concepts and tools of EBM from human medicine have, or have not, been successfully adapted for the veterinary context.
By reviewing the successes and failures of EBVM, learners will better understand the potential and the challenges for this approach to healthcare and how further progress might be made.
Learners will also be able to appreciate the major barriers to successful implementation of EBVM and how or if these may be overcome to improve the quality of research and patient care.
