David Sackett

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David Sackett (born November 17, 1934) is a Canadian medical doctor and a pioneer in evidence-based medicine.^[1][2] He founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University, and the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine [1]. He well known for his textbook Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine.

[edit] Education

Sackett obtained his medical degree at the University of Illinois, has a Doctor of Science from the University of Bern and a Master of Science in Epidemiology from Harvard University.^[3]

[edit] See also

• Gordon Guyatt

[edit] External links

• Dr. David Sackett - Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
• Profiling the EBM man - Professor Sackett - studentBMJ.com.