David Sackett is known as one of the fathers of Evidence-Based Medicine.
14 Facts About David Sackett
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David Sackett founded the first department of clinical epidemiology in Canada at McMaster University, and the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.
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David Sackett is well known for his textbooks Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine.
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David Sackett made seminal contributions to the science of health care and the teaching and practice of medicine.
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David Sackett did so through vision, innovation, and engendering collegiality and collaboration.
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David Sackett repeated his residency in medicine some 20 years after first training because, although a professor in medical school, he 'wasn't a good enough doctor.
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David Sackett is widely regarded as one of 3 "fathers" of modern clinical epidemiology.
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David Sackett was the founding chair of the first department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the world at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1967, and extensively contributed to the development of research methods through his books and published articles, as well as through education and lectures at McMaster and around the world.
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David Sackett led the writing of seminal articles on clinical disagreement and how to read clinical journals books, beginning in 1980 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, followed by seminal books, beginning in 1985 with Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science for Clinical Medicine.
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In 1994, David Sackett accepted an invitation from Muir Gray of the UK National Health Service to start the first Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in Britain, as Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford.
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Clinically, David Sackett practiced as a general internist and was appointed Physician-in-Chief of Medicine at the Chedoke-McMaster Hospital in Hamilton Ontario in 1986, then Head of the Division of General Internal Medicine in 1988.
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David Sackett authored, with Sharon Straus, the definitive guide about mentorship for clinician scientists.
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David Sackett died on May 13,2015 in Markdale, Ontario.
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David Sackett won many awards, honorary degrees and accolades for his research, teaching and writing.