What is evidence? Reflections on the AMEE symposium, Vienna, August 2011

Jill ThistlethwaiteUniversity of Queensland, Australia; JILL THISTLETHWAITE, BSc, MBBS, PhD, MMEd, FRCGP, FRACGP, is Professor of Medical Education at the University of Queensland.Correspondence[email protected]

Huw DaviesUniversity of St Andrews, UK; HUW DAVIES, MA, MSc, PhD, is Professor of Health Care Policy and Management at the University of St Andrews.

Tim DornanUniversity of Maastricht, the Netherlands; TIM DORNAN, PhD, is Professor of Medical Education at the University of Maastricht.

Trisha GreenhalghBarts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, UK; TRISHA GREENHALGH, FRCGP, is Professor of Primary Health Care at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Marilyn HammickUniversity of Bournemouth, UK; MARILYN HAMMICK, MSc, DEd, is a Research and Education Consultant and Visiting Professor at Bournemouth and Birmingham City Universities.

Ross ScaleseUniversity of Miami, USA; ROSS SCALESE, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Research and Technology, University of Miami.

Abstract

In this article, we present a summary of the discussion from the symposium on ‘what is evidence’, which took place at the AMEE conference in 2011. A panel of five academics and clinicians, plus the chair, considered the nature of evidence, in particular in relation to the ‘evidence’ in the best evidence medical education reviews. Evidence has multiple meanings depending on context and use, and this reflects the complex and often chaotic world in which we work and research.

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