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Recorded August 2016

The process of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is divided into 5 phases: 1. Developing the clinical question

1.  Developing the clinical question
2. Finding the evidence
3. Retrieve the evidence
4. Evaluate the evidence
5.  Implement the evidence

The practice of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) starts with forming a clinical questions. Questions, like evidence, should be prioritized. Likewise, once the question is formed and the evidence is found, a critical eye should examine factors the reader understands, most clinicians are not statisticians, put emphasis on the methodology over the statistical method when evaluating quality.