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Evidence-Based Medicine,
Edition 6Editors: By Sharon E. Straus, CM MD MSc FRCPC, Jenny Doust, BMBS BA BEcons PhD FRACGP, Jennifer A. Watt, Geriatrician (MD, FRCPC) and clinical epidemiologist (PhD), Bram Rochwerg, MD, MSc, FRCPC and W. Scott Richardson, MD
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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.
Key Features
- Provides clear guidance for all key areas of EBM: how to ask answerable clinical questions; how to translate them into effective searches for the best evidence; how to critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance; and how to integrate it with patients' values and preferences
- Features an accessible, workbook-like format supplemented by a wide range of helpful tools online: critical appraisal worksheets, pocket cards, EBM calculators, educational prescriptions, clinical questions log, and self-evaluations
- Focuses on practising and teaching EBM in real time, in various clinical settings and contexts, including primary and specialty care and inpatient/outpatient settings
- Reflects a new focus on health equity in all chapters; updated teaching approaches to reflect the hybrid teaching environment, including the incorporation of AI tools; new resources for finding, organizing, and utilizing evidence in clinical practice; and advances in current research methods
- Contains practical hints and tips on the adoption of new and emerging technologies—including the use of AI—as well as other key topics such as systematic reviews, network meta-analysis, clinical manifestations of disease, and more
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
About the author
By Sharon E. Straus, CM MD MSc FRCPC, Professor, Department of Medicine, Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada; Jenny Doust, BMBS BA BEcons PhD FRACGP, Clinical Professorial Research Fellow¿, Lead, Clinical Practice and Policy Theme, Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Australia; Jennifer A. Watt, Geriatrician (MD, FRCPC) and clinical epidemiologist (PhD), Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada; Bram Rochwerg, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Associate Professor, McMaster University, ICU Site Lead, Juravinski Hospital, Hamilton, Canada and W. Scott Richardson, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Georgia/Augusta University, USA
1. Forming Questions
2. Searching for evidence
3. Appraisal of Evidence
4. Therapy
5. Diagnosis
6. Prognosis
7. Harm
8. Teaching EBM
9. Evaluating
Appendix
1. Glossary
2. e-materials
2. Searching for evidence
3. Appraisal of Evidence
4. Therapy
5. Diagnosis
6. Prognosis
7. Harm
8. Teaching EBM
9. Evaluating
Appendix
1. Glossary
2. e-materials
ISBN:
9780443264535
Page Count:
336
Retail Price
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Hospital-based doctors (trainees and consultants); General practitioners/primary care physicians/family doctors; Students of epidemiology, medical statistics and public health