Evidence-Based Medicine

II- Publish a regular newsletter that is directed towards health providers. Part
of the newsletter may be written in Arabic. The newsletter may include:
- EB fact sheets/cards.
- Critically appraised clinical practice guidelines.
- Selection from available EBM resources with recommendations for
clinical care.
- Questions and evidence-based answers.
- Provision of distant learning program.
- Updating the MOH manuals, protocols and guidelines with the best
available evidence.
- Organize weekend courses/workshop (4-5 per year, facilitated
by the core trainers, 50-200 health care professionals may be trained
each year).
- Establish a rapport with local drug companies for facilitation
and sponsorship.
Implementation of the strategies
The national committee is expected to play a leading role in implementing
the outlined strategies. Members of the committee should be drawn from the
ministry of health, university medical schools and EBM-related organizations.
Their task would include advocacy, setting the structure right, sourcing for
finance, securing the services of skilled personnel (computer programmers,
feeding of scientific materials, secretarial support etc.), liaison with the ministry
of health, the universities and other relevant institutions, curriculum design,
development of EBM continuing medical education programmes, problembased
education, vocational training and future improvement in teaching
methodology.
Medical schools are expected to consider the adoption of EBM curriculum. The
faculty should be versed not only in EBM but also in best-evidence medical
education ‹BEME›, reference BEME collaboration website, and the umbrella of
this concept extended to Evidence Based Health Care.
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