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Organo Oficial de la Sociedad Mexicana de Urología

2006, Number 4

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Rev Mex Urol 2006; 66 (4)

Medical journals and the methodology of its writings. Medical scientific knowledge

Sosa MMC, Pablos HJL, Martínez SMC

Language: Spanish
References: 39
Page: 205-212
PDF size: 185.34 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article is to show relevant aspects about the relationship between medical knowledge and its application in clinical practice. Among the many medical knowledge classifications, two are selected: one regarding the level of knowledge and another about the clinician’s consciousness of his medical knowledge. Next, to be able to search an answer to a medical problem, a “web-formulated-clinical-question” must be designed, and its characteristics are stated. We present some studies carried out to determine the clinician’s knowledge requirements and how they are updated with books, courses, and medical journals. In particular, we present the physician’s preferences for different types of articles and how they evaluated them. Next, the paradigm of the evidence based medicine (EBM) is briefly explained, as well as the changes it introduces in the practice of medicine, the evidence hierarchy from articles from peer reviewed journal evolution, and the steps a physician must follow to practice it.
Finally, some problems regarding knowledge translation from theory and medical practice are mentioned.


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