Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach it
Contributor(s): Straus, Sharon E.
Publisher: Edinburgh : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, 2011Edition: Fourth edition / Sharon E. Straus [and others].Description: xvii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm + 1 CD-ROM (3 1/4 in.) + 7 cards (10 x 17 cm).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: computer discISBN: 9780702031274 (pbk.).Subject(s): Evidence-based medicine | Evidence-based medicine -- Methods | Evidence-based medicine -- Study and teaching | Evidence-Based Medicine -- education | Evidence-Based Medicine -- methods | Problem Solving | Teaching -- methodsGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 616Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | R723.7 .E954 2011 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000005905 |
Previous edition: Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2005
CD-ROM and cards in pockets attached to inside front and back covers
Includes bibliographical references and index
Asking answerable clinical questions -- Acquiring the evidence: how to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us -- Appraising the evidence -- Therapy -- Diagnosis and screening -- Prognosis -- Harm -- Evaluation -- Teaching EBM
Accompanying disc is available for use on a standalone workstation within the library for single users. Disc will require installation. StEdNL
Constitutes a traditional way of presenting ideas about EBM. It explains how to ask answerable clinical questions, translate them into effective searches for the best evidence, critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance, integrate it with patients' values and preferences, assess the practice of EBM. Additional materials, including resources for practicing EBM can be downloaded to PDAs, contain clinical examples, critical appraisals and background papers from other healthcare disciplines such as nursing and occupational therapy with links to various evidence resources. A supporting website for this book also provides updates and new materials
Accompanying disc system requirements: IBM compatible PC; 1.6 GHz or faster CPU; 1 GB RAM ; Windows XP or later
Accompanying disc system requirements: Macintosh; Apple G4 1.25 GHz or faster CPU; 1 GB RAM; OS 10.1 or later