TY - JOUR
T1 - Educating osteopaths to be researchers - What role should research methods and statistics have in an undergraduate curriculum?
AU - Licciardone, John C.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Evidence-based medicine (EBM) involves using research data to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders. Somatic dysfunction and osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) are two unique aspects of osteopathy that will benefit from a greater emphasis on scientific evidence. Most evidence in osteopathy is based on expert opinions, case reports, case series, and observational studies. Only one systematic review of randomized controlled trials, involving OMT for low back pain, has been published. Although this study demonstrates the efficacy of OMT for low back pain, other clinical trials are needed to expand the evidence base in osteopathy. Undergraduate osteopathy curricula should ensure that students acquire the tools necessary to become knowledgeable consumers of the research and statistics presented in biomedical journals. Such curricula need to be supplemented with graduate training programs and research funding mechanisms to ensure that young osteopathic researchers are able to produce the research needed to practice and advance evidence-based osteopathy in the future.
AB - Evidence-based medicine (EBM) involves using research data to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders. Somatic dysfunction and osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) are two unique aspects of osteopathy that will benefit from a greater emphasis on scientific evidence. Most evidence in osteopathy is based on expert opinions, case reports, case series, and observational studies. Only one systematic review of randomized controlled trials, involving OMT for low back pain, has been published. Although this study demonstrates the efficacy of OMT for low back pain, other clinical trials are needed to expand the evidence base in osteopathy. Undergraduate osteopathy curricula should ensure that students acquire the tools necessary to become knowledgeable consumers of the research and statistics presented in biomedical journals. Such curricula need to be supplemented with graduate training programs and research funding mechanisms to ensure that young osteopathic researchers are able to produce the research needed to practice and advance evidence-based osteopathy in the future.
KW - Biostatistics
KW - Evidence-based medicine
KW - Evidence-based osteopathy
KW - Low back pain
KW - Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT)
KW - Osteopathic medicine
KW - Osteopathy
KW - Research methods
KW - Somatic dysfunction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=42749097650&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijosm.2008.03.003
DO - 10.1016/j.ijosm.2008.03.003
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:42749097650
VL - 11
SP - 62
EP - 68
JO - International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
JF - International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine
SN - 1746-0689
IS - 2
ER -