Best Evidence Medical Education (BEME) - A critical review

Abstract

With the field of medicine changing constantly, keeping oneself updated about new developments becomes absolutely essential. Medical teaching is now no longer opinion-based but is adopting an evidence based approach. The need for evidence in our teaching and medical education practices is given the same importance as need of evidence in assessing a new therapy. Best evidence medical education (BEME) is an attempt to systematically examine evidence addressing educational intervention in medicine. The present paper is a review of the origin, advantages, disadvantages, pitfalls and guidelines in implementation of BEME. It is an attempt to provide a comprehensive coverage of a very popular current trend in medical education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]