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Viewpoint: Moving beyond evidence-based medicine.

Stephen G Henry1, Richard M Zaner, Robert S Dittus

  • 1University of Michigan Health System, Department of Internal Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. henrstep@med.umich.edu

Academic Medicine : Journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
|March 1, 2007
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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) struggles with qualitative knowledge, failing to distinguish people from machines. Incorporating tacit knowing enhances medical epistemology, centering care on the clinician-patient relationship.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Healthcare Studies

Background:

  • The evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement faces ongoing debate and criticism.
  • Current EBM conceptualizations lack the capacity to integrate knowledge resistant to quantitative analysis.
  • This deficiency limits EBM's ability to differentiate humans from complex machines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To reframe the EBM debate by identifying a core epistemological limitation.
  • To propose a person-centered medical epistemology by integrating the philosophy of tacit knowing.
  • To address how medical practice, education, research, and policy can evolve beyond current EBM limitations.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of Michael Polanyi's concept of tacit knowing.

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  • Critique of existing evidence-based medicine frameworks.
  • Development of a revised epistemological model for medical practice.

    • Main Results:

    • Evidence-based medicine, as currently defined, cannot account for tacit knowledge, which is crucial for human understanding and meaning-making.
    • Tacit knowing, the implicit knowledge enabling discernment, is essential for both physicians and patients.
    • A robust medical epistemology must recognize the tacit dimension of knowledge and the centrality of the clinician-patient relationship.

    Conclusions:

    • A person-centered medical epistemology requires integrating tacit knowing to acknowledge the full spectrum of medical knowledge.
    • Revised conceptions of medical uncertainty and the significance of clinician-patient interactions are necessary.
    • Moving beyond a narrow focus on evidence-based medicine towards a comprehensive epistemology will improve medical practice, education, research, and policy.