TY - JOUR T1 - Evidence-based medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey among healthcare professionals in India JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 17 LP - 18 DO - 10.7861/fhj.8-1-s17 VL - 8 IS - Suppl 1 AU - Vinayak Mishra Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/Suppl_1/17.abstract N2 - The current definition of the term ‘evidence-based medicine’ coined by Prof Gordon Guyatt, is ‘the integration of the best available evidence with clinical expertise and the individual patient’s values, preferences, and unique circumstances’.1 In India, the paternalistic approach of practising medicine hinders implementing evidence-based dictums in daily clinical practice.2 Several misconceptions about evidence-based medicine (EBM) resist its application; for instance, it follows a cook-book approach and fails to account for the patient’s perspective.2From the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been grave concerns concerning the application of EBM at the global level. The pandemic has questioned … ER -