Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM

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Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction: On the Need for Evidence-Based Medicine

Chapter 1: How to Ask a Clinical Question You Can Answer

Chapter 2: Searching for the Best Evidence

Chapter 3: Critically Appraising the Evidence

• Is this evidence valid?
  • Is this evidence about a diagnostic test valid?
  • Critical appraisal of prognosis
  • Is this evidence about a treatment valid?
  • Is this evidence about harm valid?
  • Is this evidence about a guideline valid?
• Is this valid evidence important?
  • Is this evidence about a diagnostic test important?
  • Is this evidence about prognosis important?
  • Is this evidence about a treatment important?
  • Is this evidence about harm important?
  • Is this validated guideline or other quality-improving strategy potentially useful?
• CATs: preserving and sharing learners' critical appraisals

Chapter 4: Can you apply this valid, important evidence in caring for your patient?

• Can you apply this valid, important evidence about a diagnostic test...?
• Can you apply this valid, important evidence about prognosis...?
• Can you apply this valid, important evidence about a treatment...?
• Can you apply this valid, important evidence about harm...?
• Can you apply this valid, important evidence about a guideline...?
• Teaching methods

Chapter 5: Evaluation

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