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History
Evidence-Based Practice originally went into publication in 1998 by Dowden Health Media, publishers of The Journal of Family Practice.  The Family Physicians Inquiries Network (FPIN), a not-for-profit academic consortium, acquired the full rights to EBP in 2005, and by then the publication had already set itself apart as an advocate for providing answers for primary-care physicians, using the best-available evidence, unbiased by pharmaceutical advertising, in a concise, clinically useful format.  FPIN continues to publish the peer-reviewed, EmBase-indexed journal for its subscriber base as well as its own membership, and EBP continues to provide its readers with the very best answers that modern research has to offer – in an unbiased, concise, and clinically useful format.  As of December 2007, EBP has published 165 feature articles, and just shy of 300 HelpDesk Answers.

“I found researching and writing the answers to the clinical questions very rewarding. It helped me understand and use research in clinical practice to improve clinical care. Most of all, I enjoyed being a part of the EBP team that is striving for the same goal.”
--Krupa Shah, MD, EBP contributor
Baylor College of Medicine

“Contributing to the EBP has been an invaluable experience in that it’s allowed me to be connected to the latest research, better at critically evaluating evidence, and, ultimately, a scientist as well as a practitioner.”
--Vanessa Rollins, PhD, EBP contributor
University of Colorado

“EBP has been a vital opportunity for our residents and fellows to fulfill our programs’ requirements for scholarly activity, evaluate EBM resources, and enhance publication experience. Thank you!”
Deepak Patel, MD, FAAFP
Associate Director,
Flower Hospital Family Practice Residency,
Sylvania, OH
and 
The Toledo Hospital Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship,
Toledo, OH


Requirement and Expectations of a Clinician Author

�� Authors must be practicing clinicians (residents and students may co-author with faculty mentors that meet this criterion)
�� Choose topic(s) and commit to your deadline
�� Complete your manuscript according to author instructions and approved template
�� Meet deadlines
�� Respond to constructive feedback by EBP Editors
�� Topics take 8-10 hours of work to develop, over the course of a 6-8 week authoring/editing period

Benefits of Involvement

�� Meet junior faculty/resident/student research requirements
�� Publication credit in EmBase-indexed journal
�� Increased expertise in topic area
�� Complimentary print subscription to EBP


I want to know more!  Whom do I contact?

Jonathan Crowell
EBP Project Manager
Family Physicians Inquiries Network
jonathan@fpin.org
ebp@fpin.org
www.ebponline.net

Jon O. Neher, MD
Editor in Chief, Evidence-Based Practice
Associate Director for Curriculum Development
Valley Family Medicine
University of Washington
Jon_Neher@Valleymed.org