Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach EBM / created by Sharon E Straus, Paul Glasziou, W Scott Richardson and R Brian Haynes.

Contributor(s):

Glasziou, Paul [author, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Australia.]
Straus, Sharon E [author, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.]
Richardson, W Scott [author, Professor of Medicine and Campus Associate Dean for Medical Education, AU/UGA, Medical Partnership Campus, Anthens, Georgia, USA.]
Haynes, R Brian [author, Professor Emeritus of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780702062964

LOC classification:

R723.7 EVI

Contents:

Asking answerable clinical questions----Acquiring the evidence: how to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us-----Appraising the evidence-----Therapy-----Diagnosis and screening----Prognosis---Harm---Evaluation--Teaching evidence-based medicine

Summary: Constitutes a traditional way of presenting ideas about EBM. It explains how to ask answerable clinical questions, translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, integrate it with patients' values and preferences, assess the practice of EBM. Additional materials, including resources for practicing EBM can be downloaded to PDAs, contain clinical examples, critical appraisals and background papers from other healthcare disciplines such as nursing and occupational therapy with links to various evidence resources. A supporting website for this book also provides updates and new materials

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Constitutes a traditional way of presenting ideas about EBM. It explains how to ask answerable clinical questions, translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, integrate it with patients' values and preferences, assess the practice of EBM. Additional materials, including resources for practicing EBM can be downloaded to PDAs, contain clinical examples, critical appraisals and background papers from other healthcare disciplines such as nursing and occupational therapy with links to various evidence resources. A supporting website for this book also provides updates and new materials

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