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Learn how to frame clinical questions, track down and evaluate articles, and make informed decisions in medical literature research. This article provides guidance on accessing credible databases online.
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EBM --- Journal Reading Presenter:何乘彰 Date:2005/10/17
Users’ Guides to the Medical LiteratureI. How to Get Started Andrew D. Oxman, MD. MSc; David L. Sackett, MD. MSc; Gordon H. Guyatt MD. MSc; for the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group JAMA; Jan 11, 1993; 270, 17
Introduction • Framing clinical questions that are pertinent and answerable • Tracking down articles • Deciding which articles to read and which to believe
Asking questions • That are pertinent and answerable. • Exposure, outcome and patient • Some “exposure” to a treatment, a diagnostic test, or a harmful agent
Tracking down articles • Various kinds of database on the Internet