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Evide nce Based Practice. INLS 705. Better performance in medicine. Diligence Do right Ingenuity. Goals. evidence-based medicine? evidence-based healthcare? evidence-based clinical practice? EBM?. What is. Purpose of EBM. Emphasizes evidence from clinical research
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Evidence Based Practice INLS 705
Better performance in medicine Diligence Do right Ingenuity
evidence-based medicine? evidence-based healthcare? evidence-based clinical practice? EBM? What is
Purpose of EBM • Emphasizes evidence from clinical research • New rules and skills for learning and awareness
EBM process • Assess the patient • Ask a question • Acquire resources • Evaluate and appraise the information • Apply to the patient • Evaluate your performance
Ask PICO question • PATIENT/PROBLEM In school children with active head lice • INTERVENTION is wet combing • COMPARISON or malathion lotion • OUTCOME a more effective treatment in eliminating live head lice?
Common types of questions Therapy Diagnosis Prognosis Harm/Etiology
Activity • Here are some recent NY Times articles on health • Phrase a PICO question that comes to your mind • Share
Example resources Electronic textbooks and libraries Harrisons MD Consult STAT!Ref Meta-Search Engines TRIP: Turning Research into Practice SUMSearch Summaries of the primary evidence ACP Journal Club UpToDate Clinical Evidence POEMs and InfoRetriever eMedicine DynaMed Evidence Matters Databases MEDLINE Cochrane Library EBM Reviews (Ovid)
Learn more about EBM? INLS 890-03W: Evidence Based Medicine
Sharing information • Open movements • Open access • Open courseware • Web 2.0: podcasts, etc.
Transparent Convenient Universal tailored to personal needs
Writing concisely In a Station of the Metro by Ezra Pound The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. Ernest Hemingway
Tips Headings in MS Word Spreadsheets for writing Pretend you’re talking to your friend about the key points
Portal to good EBM resources http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/subject/ebm?tab=contents