Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology (IFAEMM)

Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology (IFAEMM)
Established	1994
Head	Helmut Kiene
Location	Freiburg, Germany
Coordinates	47.97385,7.80115

A checked version of this page, approved on 29 December 2021, was based on this revision.

The Institute for Applied Epistemology and Medical Methodology (IFAEMM) is an affiliated institute of Witten/Herdecke University. It was founded in 1994 and is headed by Helmut Kiene. A main research focus is in CIM.

The Institute describes its focus in the field of the development and application of scientific and medical research methods, in which the dignity, truth and freedom of the human being are given special consideration. A special concern is to realize in all research projects the reference to the epistemological foundations of the respective field.^[1]

According to the Institute their work is based on the thought of occidental philosophers, scientists and doctors such as Plato, Aristotle, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Goethe, Kant, Fichte, Hegel, Steiner, Wegman, Wittgenstein, Fleck, Weiss, Bertalanffy, Duncker, Martini, Feinstein, Goodwin.^[1]

Activities

Clinical Studies

A multi-centre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of eurythmy therapy and tai chi in comparison with standard care in chronically ill elderly patients with increased risk of falling (ENTAiER)^[2]
AMOS Anthroposophic Medicine Outcomes Study
Anthroposophic vs. conventional therapy for acute ear and respiratory infections: a prospective outcomes study (IIPCOS-Anthroposophy)
Mistletoe in cancer treatment (epidemiological prospective long-term study)

Therapy evaluations / systematic reviews / HTA reports

Mistletoe in oncology
Placebo effects in medicine - critical studies
Placebo-verum interactions in clinical trials
Tendency for false-negative errors in randomized clinical trials
Anthroposophic Medicine, Health Technology Assessment Report

Clinical research methodology

The demonstration of efficacy in medicine
Importance of methodological pluralism and medical judgment for medicine
Cognition-based Medicine
Single case / Case series - single case documentation in oncology
Case reporting guideline

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Allgemeine Information" [General Information]. IFAEMM (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-09-25.
↑ Kienle, GS; Werthmann, PG; Grotejohann, B; Kaier, K; Steinbrenner, I; Voigt-Radloff, S; Huber, R (17 Mar 2020), "A multi-centre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of eurythmy therapy and tai chi in comparison with standard care in chronically ill elderly patients with increased risk of falling (ENTAiER): a trial protocol", BMC Geriatr, 20 (1), p. 108, doi:10.1186/s12877-020-1503-6, PMC 7076928, PMID 32183768CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Allgemeine Information" [General Information]. IFAEMM (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[2] Kienle, GS; Werthmann, PG; Grotejohann, B; Kaier, K; Steinbrenner, I; Voigt-Radloff, S; Huber, R (17 Mar 2020), "A multi-centre, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy and safety of eurythmy therapy and tai chi in comparison with standard care in chronically ill elderly patients with increased risk of falling (ENTAiER): a trial protocol", BMC Geriatr, 20 (1), p. 108, doi:10.1186/s12877-020-1503-6, PMC 7076928, PMID 32183768CS1 maint: PMC format (link)

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