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David Lawrence Sackett OC FRSC (November 17, 1934 – May 13, 2015) was an American-Canadian physician and a pioneer in evidence-based medicine. [1] [2] He is known as one of the fathers of Evidence-Based Medicine. He founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University, and the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based ...
David L Sackett, widely described as the ‘father of evidence-based medicine (EBM)’ 1 was a transformative figure in 20th century health research and education. His career spanned three distinct phases: as a clinician, as a clinical trialist and as a clinical epidemiologist, most of it at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada ...
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Jun 6, 2015 · Sackett, a pioneer in clinical epidemiology, died at age 80 on May 13. His influence on the practice of medicine around the world was profound. He changed the way people thought about clinical trials, systematic reviews, medical education, research methods to evaluate new treatments, mentoring clinician-scientists and more.
- Roger Collier
- 10.1503/cmaj.109-5072
- 2015
- CMAJ. 2015 Jun 16; 187(9): 640-641.
Jul 10, 2015 · On May 13, 2015, David Sackett, the physician who is considered the father of EBM, passed away. In this issue's EBM Hub, we will tell you a few things about this extraordinary man and his accomplishments. He was American by birth but Canadian by choice. He was born in Chicago in 1934 and obtained his medical degree at the University of Illinois.
- Achilleas Thoma, Felmont F. Eaves
- 2015
David Sackett created the text of this interview, with leavening and editing from Barbara Sackett, over a period of 124 days during the latter part of the course of his illness with cholangiocarcinoma. Dave sent his responses to the final set of questions and edits on May 8,
David Sackett, one of its most reputed pioneers. It is also supposed to provide a contemporary insight into the theory and practice of EBM as well as to present some implications for the need
May 14, 2015 · After completing his medical training at the University of Illinois, Sackett was in 1962 drafted into the US Public Health Service as a result of the Cuban missile crisis. In Buffalo, New York, he met epidemiologists, was diverted from his career in bench science, and became interested in how the methods of epidemiology could be applied to his ...
