2026, Number 1
Cardiovasc Metab Sci 2026; 37 (1)
Traditional and/or clinical epidemiology. One pillar of modern medicine
Moragrega-Adame, José Luis
ABSTRACT
Traditional epidemiology has been neglected by some clinicians, as bothersome and of little use in daily medical practice. However, as two fundamental pillars of science applied to medicine are biostatistics and epidemiology, their study is essential for clinicians to make informed decisions when reading medical papers or attending lectures and be able to decide about the quality of the evidence for the best patient’s evaluation and treatment. Many medical schools around the world, as is the case in Mexico, do not include the scientific method in their curriculum, and the mathematical preparation that students acquire in previous years is usually deficient. To stimulate doctors to learn the importance of epidemiology and statistics, they must be immersed in these fields well before entering medical school or, at the very least, during residency and specialty training.