The Science of Medicine SOM® is Not the Same as Evidence-Based Medicine

The Science of Medicine SOM® is based on medical studies alone, and is an attempt to understand what the best medical studies say without the information being filtered through the potentially biased eyes of human beings.

The Science of Medicine SOM® is the first step of evidence-based medicine. Two people can read the same medical study and interpret it differently. So, the Science of Medicine SOM® is about the hardest data from experimental studies such as randomized controlled trials (if they exist). Experimental studies are hard science while observational studies are soft science.

Evidence-based medicine has three parts:

  1. Medical studies
  2. Clinical Experience
  3. Values and preferences of the patient

You can also write the three steps of evidence-based medicine this way:

  1. The Science of Medicine SOM®
  2. Clinical experience
  3. Values and preferences of the patient 

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