I have always had trouble with the pyramid diagram because of its inverse relationship between weight at the bottom and importance or dominance at the top.
The "expert opinion" base of the evidence pyramid is using a friendly term whereas in fact it ought to be more disparaging.
A better term was coined by Professor of clinical pharmacology University of Aberdeen, James Colquhoun Petrie. He described these people as GOBSAT - “Good Old Boys Sat Around the Table”
It is supposed to describe the idea of the doctor who bases his or her clinical decisions on the "received wisdom" of people like themselves - often dependent on prejudice, myth, personal experience and preferences. Club wisdom in other words.
The "expert opinion" base of the evidence pyramid is using a friendly term whereas in fact it ought to be more disparaging.
A better term was coined by Professor of clinical pharmacology University of Aberdeen, James Colquhoun Petrie. He described these people as GOBSAT - “Good Old Boys Sat Around the Table”
It is supposed to describe the idea of the doctor who bases his or her clinical decisions on the "received wisdom" of people like themselves - often dependent on prejudice, myth, personal experience and preferences. Club wisdom in other words.