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Evidence‐based veterinary medicine is a comprehensive system for generating reliable scientific evidence and getting it to those who need it in clinical practice and then integrating this evidence into clinical decision making.

In the research environment, EBVM guides the design and conduct of scientific studies to minimize bias and ensure the data generated are reliable. This element of EBVM is useful for researchers, but it is also critical for clinicians who use scientific research to inform their patient care.

EBVM tools also support the reporting of research studies in a manner that minimizes bias and ensures the reliability and utility of research evidence for the end‐user, the veterinary clinician. EBVM also facilitates the dissemination of research evidence, through reporting guidelines and support for open‐access publishing, to get evidence to those who need it to make healthcare decisions.

Synthetic literature sources, such as systematic reviews, critically appraised topics, and clinical practice guidelines, are practical ways of translating research into useable information for clinicians. EBVM provides standards for generating these resources and making them accessible to veterinarians in practice. This reduces the time and effort needed to find and critically evaluate needed information in the scientific literature.

Finally, EBVM includes techniques and training for clinicians to help identify their information needs and then find relevant and useful evidence. Knowing what information is most important for assessing risk and guiding treatment, and knowing how to find this information and how to judge whether it is reliable and applicable to a given patient, is a key part of providing consistent, effective pet‐specific care.