Evidenced-Based Medicine

Purpose and Scope

EBM Topics

• Introduction Articles
• Critically Appraising Therapy Articles
• Critically Appraising Overview / Review Articles
• Critically Appraising Prognosis Articles
• Critically Appraising Clinical Measurement Articles
• Critically Appraising Practice Guidelines Articles
• Critically Appraising Causation / Harm Articles
• Critically Appraising Diagnostic Test Articles
• Critically Appraising Economic Evaluation Articles
• Critically Appraising Quality of Care Articles
• Critically Appraising Decision Analysis Articles
• Grading Health Care Recommendations
• Variations in the Outcomes
• Clinical Utilization Review
• Quality of Life
• Applicability of Clinical Trials

EBM Articles / Series

• User's Guide to Biomedical Literature articles (JAMA 1993-98 Series)
• How to Read a Paper (BMJ 1997)---Related Articles
• Systematic Reviews (Ann Intern Med 1997 Series)
• Meta-analysis (BMJ 1997-98 Series)
• Systematic Reviews (BMJ 1995 Series)
• Getting Research into Practice (BMJ 1998 Series)
• Clinical Guidelines (BMJ 1999 Series)
• Basic Statistics for Clinicians (CMAJ 1995 Series)

 EBM Tools

• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment for an Overview (in MS-Word, 25.5Kb)
• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment for an Article on Therapy (in MS-Word, 27.5Kb)
• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment of an Article on Prognosis (in MS-Word, 54.5Kb)
• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment of an Article about Harm (in MS-Word, 26.5Kb)
• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment for an Economic Analysis (in MS-Word, 52.5Kb)
• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment of an Article in the Diagnostic Test Unit (in MS-Word, 42.5Kb)
• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment for an Article on Clinical Disagreement (in MS-Word, 52.5Kb)
• Worksheet on the Critical Assessment of an Article on Causation (in MS-Word, 59.5Kb)
• NHS Research and Development Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Calculators (In "What's New?")

Courses and Invited Talks

• MEDED 540--Critically Appraising and Applying Evidence in Health Care
• HUBIO 530--Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine
• Invited Talks

Related Links

• General Evidence-based Medicine Links
  • Cochrane Collaboration Home Page.
    http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/
  • Evidence-based Medicine Home Page.
    http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/ebm/
  • Centre for Evidence-based Medicine.
    http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk
  • Netting the Evidence: A ScHARR Introduction.
    http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting.html
  • POEMS. Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters.
    http://jfp.msu.edu/default.htm
• Other Evidence-Based Medicine links at University of Washington
  • Healthlinks: Evidence-Based Practice and Guidelines
  • Pediatric Evidence Based Medicine Links
    Department of Pediatrics, UW School of Medicine
    Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center