EBM Guidebook

Table of Contents

Title Page

1. Introduction
2. STEP 1: Formulating the Question
   
   1. POEM
   2. PICO
3. STEP 2: Finding the Best Evidence
4. STEP 3: Appraising the Evidence
   
   1. CAMeL General Steps
   2. CAMeL Critical Appraisal Protocols
      
      1. Therapy
      2. Diagnostic Tests
      3. Review Articles
      4. Screening Tests
      5. Prognosis
      6. Causation
5. STEP 4: Preparing an EBM Presentation
   
   1. Protocol for the Presentation
   2. Sample Presentation
6. Overview of Statistics
   
   1. Statistics Without Statistics
   2. Ten Ways to Cheat
7. Glossary of Terms
   Terms marked with an asterisk (*)
   are defined in the Glossary.
References

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III.  STEP 2: Finding the Best Evidence  (continued)

 
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A couple of hard copy books you might want to consider:
 
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. Edited by Guyatt, G and Rennie, D. Chicago, AMA Press, 2002. (WB 39 U84 2002, located at Science Library and Grunigen Medical Library)
 
Interpreting the Medical Literature. 4th ed. Gehlbach, S.New York, McGraw-Hill, 2002. (W 20.5 G311i 2002, located at Science Library and Grunigen Medical Library)

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