A unique and valuable resource for busy clinicians at any stage of their career, Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM, 6th Edition, is ideal for those who want to learn how to effectively practice and teach evidence-based medicine (EBM). This classic introduction to EBM has been thoroughly updated from cover to cover, while retaining its short, practical format that emphasizes the direct clinical application of EBM and provides the tactics to practice and teach EBM in real time and in various settings. Written by internationally renowned practising clinicians, methodologists, and teachers, this bestselling text offers easy-to-read, accessible coverage of all the basics of EBM for time-constrained undergraduate and postgraduate medical learners, instructors, and practitioners in all clinical areas of health care.
1. Introduction - p. 1 2. 1 Asking answerable clinical questions - p. 11 3. 2 Acquiring the evidence: How to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us - p. 25 4. 3 Appraising the evidence - p. 47 5. 4 Therapy - p. 49 6. 5 Diagnosis and screening - p. 105 7. 6 Prognosis - p. 127 8. 7 Harm - p. 139 9. 8 Evaluation - p. 155 10. 9 Teaching EBM - p. 165 11. Appendix 1 Glossary - p. 207 12. Appendix 2 Confidence intervals* - p. 215 13. Index - p. 233 14. Diagnosis worksheet - p. e1 15. Harm worksheet - p. e3 16. Prognosis worksheet - p. e5 17. Systematic review (of therapy) worksheet - p. e7 18. Therapy worksheet - p. e11
A unique and valuable resource for busy clinicians at any stage of their career, Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM, 6th Edition, is ideal for those who want to learn how to effectively practice and teach evidence-based medicine (EBM). This classic introduction to EBM has been thoroughly updated from cover to cover, while retaining its short, practical format that emphasizes the direct clinical application of EBM and provides the tactics to practice and teach EBM in real time and in various settings. Written by internationally renowned practising clinicians, methodologists, and teachers, this bestselling text offers easy-to-read, accessible coverage of all the basics of EBM for time-constrained undergraduate and postgraduate medical learners, instructors, and practitioners in all clinical areas of health care.
1. Introduction - p. 1 2. 1 Asking answerable clinical questions - p. 11 3. 2 Acquiring the evidence: How to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us - p. 25 4. 3 Appraising the evidence - p. 47 5. 4 Therapy - p. 49 6. 5 Diagnosis and screening - p. 105 7. 6 Prognosis - p. 127 8. 7 Harm - p. 139 9. 8 Evaluation - p. 155 10. 9 Teaching EBM - p. 165 11. Appendix 1 Glossary - p. 207 12. Appendix 2 Confidence intervals* - p. 215 13. Index - p. 233 14. Diagnosis worksheet - p. e1 15. Harm worksheet - p. e3 16. Prognosis worksheet - p. e5 17. Systematic review (of therapy) worksheet - p. e7 18. Therapy worksheet - p. e11