Bioestadística médica y práctica clínica: una necesaria pero poco frecuente relación

Abstract

Evidence-based medical practice is that which involves the best scientific evidence available, patient priorities and the physician ́s clinical criteria in decision making. For its correct application, adequate critical reading of scientific articles is essential so that clinical decisions are based on high quality evidence; however, currently, a large amount of scientific information presents unreliable results due to methodological bias as well as inappropriate data analysis. For this reason, one of the main abilities that a physician must have is to interpret results of scientific studies. For this, a dominance of biostatistical concepts is imperative. The aim of this study is to approach topics related to the panorama of biostatistics in the medical community, the main concepts that a physician must know and some of the teaching methods of this topic. (Mex Med Fam. 2019;6:28-30) Corresponding author: Neri ALejandro Álvarez-Villalobos, estadistica@meduanl.com