
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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Request a sales quoteNow 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.
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
- Paperback ISBN: 9780702062964
- eBook ISBN: 9780702062971
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Sharon E. Straus
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Paul Glasziou
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W. Scott Richardson
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