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Evidence-Based Medicine Reconsidered
Conference Dates: April 5-6th, 2025
10th Floor Cathedral of Learning
Attendance is FREE but you must Register by April 2nd at the link below
Senior Visiting Fellow Conference by Carl Hoefer
Senior Visiting Fellow Conference by Carl Hoefer
The evidence-based medicine (EBM) movement began in the 1980s, reached its peak perhaps in the 1990s, and has since then enjoyed the status of orthodoxy, despite many criticisms being raised among medical practitioners and researchers. Philosophers of medicine have frequently criticized EBM’s hierarchies and rigid precepts, especially the “gold standard” status of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A pluralistic approach to evidence in medicine has been increasingly popular in recent years, in which mechanistic evidence and reasoning, observational studies of many kinds and RCTs are assessed for value on a case-by-case basis. But does this trend away from the EBM hierarchy go too far and risk the reintroduction of the same biased, motivated evidence-gathering practices that originally motivated the EBM movement? What light can recent experiences in medicine and public health (e.g., during the covid-19 pandemic) shed on these issues?
Keynote Speakers
- Eric Winsberg – University of South Florida
- Ross Upshur – University of Toronto (tentative)
- John Worrall – The London School of Economics
- Jon Fuller – University of Pittsburgh
- Lisa Bero – University of Colorado
- Nancy Cartwright – Durham University
- Stephanie Harvard – University of British Columbia
