Propelling the profession with outcomes and evidence : building a robust research agenda at the academy / Karen Stein

Though the origins of evidence-based medicine are generally acknowledged as dating back to Dr Ernest Codman's development of the first bone registry in 1920, outcomes studies took decades to radiate to other health disciplines, as practitioners grappled with the difficulties of implementing protocols and gathering meaningful data.1 Today, research represents the backbone in dietetics and across health care disciplines, as the need to discover and verify causations and develop new therapies to improve public health and care delivery via clinical and scientific inquiry represents a priority role of the highest order.

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