**3. Components of EBM**

Contrary to its name, EBM is not just about evidence. It consists of three basic components: the best available evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values [1].

**The best research evidence**: The best research evidence refers to the latest scientific research in various aspects of patient care, diagnosis, treatment, or prevention.

**Clinical expertise:** Clinical expertise is a combination of medical skills, medical knowledge, and professional experience acquired by physicians throughout their careers.

**Patient values:** Patient values are the unique priorities, concerns, expectations, beliefs, hopes, and stresses that each patient brings to the clinical encounter (**Figure 1**).
