Up from Clinical Epidemiology & EBM

• Acknowledgements. Foreword. Preface. Aims of the course. Abstracts. PART I. PRELIMINARIES. I – 1. ON LEADERSHIP IN CLINICAL MEDICINE. I – 2.ON MEDICAL ACADEMIA AT PRESENT.I –3. PURPORTED ESSENCE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH.I – 4.ON STUDY OF ‘CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY’.I – 5. UP FROM ‘CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY’ AND EBM.   PART II. THEORY OF CLINICAL MEDICINE. II – 1. THE KNOWLEDGE-BASE OF CLINICAL MEDICINE: ITS ESSENCE. II – 2. THE KNOWLEDGE-BASE OF CLINICAL MEDICINE: ITS NECESSARY FORMS.  II – 3.CODIFYING THE KNOWLEDGE-BASE OF EXPERT PRACTICE. PART III. THEORY OF CLINICAL RESEARCH. III – 1.ENHANCEMENT OF PRACTICE BY CLINICAL RESEARCH. III – 2.INTRODUCTION INTO DIAGNOSTIC CLINICAL RESEARCH.III – 3.INTRODUCTION INTO ETIOGNOSTIC CLINICAL RESEARCH. III – 4. INTRODUCTION INTO PROGNOSTIC CLINICAL RESEARCH. PART IV. CONTEMPORARY REALITIES IN CLINICAL RESEARCH. IV – 1. ON EBM GUIDELINES FOR ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE. IV – 2. SOME EXAMPLE STUDIES: THEIR ASSESSMENTS. PART V. EPILOGUE ON MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN CLINICAL MEDICINE. V – 1. THE PREDICATES OF MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS. V – 2. DEVELOPMENT OF THE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS. V – 3.RESEARCH FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS. V – 4.‘CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY’ AND EBM AS SET-BACKS. Appendices.

From the reviews: "In a logical sequence of progressively deduced propositions and principles, Dr. Miettinen attempts to re-orient medical academia to the theories underlying clinical research in his recent book Up from Clinical Epidemiology & EBM (Evidence Based Medicine) ... . We highly recommend this fascinating book to all epidemiologists ... ." (Jan Van den Broeck and Jonathan R. Brestoff, European Journal of Epidemiology, May, 2012)