Evidence-Based Medicine
How to Practice and Teach EBM
- 5th Edition - February 27, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Sharon E. Straus, Paul Glasziou, W. Scott Richardson, R. Brian Haynes
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 2 9 6 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 6 2 9 7 - 1
Now in its fifth edition, this classic introduction to the practice and teaching of evidence-based medicine is written for busy clinicians at any stage of their career who want to… Read more
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Now in its fifth edition, this classic introduction to the practice and teaching of evidence-based medicine is written for busy clinicians at any stage of their career who want to learn how to practise and teach evidence-based medicine (EBM). It is short and practical, emphasizing direct clinical application of EBM and tactics to practise and teach EBM in real-time.
The online toolkit includes Critical appraisal worksheets, Educational prescription, Pocket Cards, EBM calculators, Educational Prescriptions, Clinical Questions log, Self evaluations.
Hospital-based doctors, general practitioners/primary care physcians/family doctors
Students of epidemiology, medical statistics and public health
Students of epidemiology, medical statistics and public health
Introduction
1 Asking answerable clinical questions
2 Acquiring the evidence: How to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us
3 Appraising the evidence
4 Therapy
5 Diagnosis and screening
6 Prognosis
7 Harm
8 Teaching methods
9 Evaluation
Appendix 1: Glossary
Appendix 2: Confidence intervals (ebook only)
Index
- Edition: 5
- Published: February 27, 2018
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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Sharon E. Straus
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Medicine, Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, CanadaPG
Paul Glasziou
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, AustraliaWR
W. Scott Richardson
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Georgia/Augusta University, USARH
R. Brian Haynes
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada