Let us first see what the proponents of Evidence Based Medicine, say here. Dr. V: Many years ago when I was a PG student, or resident as they are called now, there was a very senior retired professor who attended our monthly meetings. At these sessions, clinicians presented their clinical problems for the floor to discuss. At length, however, after everyone had his say, the old professor would stand up and the room would quieten down. “In my experience of a hundred and fifty or so such cases,” he would say trying hard to look modest, “I have found that the best answer to the problem is this.” He then described what he thought was the wisest solution.
The matter thus settled we would move on to the next case. Things have changed. Nowadays when someone begins a sentence with the words ‘in my experience’ the audience usually stops listening. Or, if they don’t, they should. Because however…
