LibGuides: Evidence Based Medicine (Mona): Overview

What is evidence-based medicine?

Evidence-based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

SOURCES:

Sackett, D. L., Rosenberg, W. M. C., Gray, J. A. M., Haynes, R. B., & Richardson, W. S. (1996). Evidence based medicine: What it is and what it isn't. BMJ : British Medical Journal, 312(7023), 71.

Rosenberg, W., & Donald, A. (1995). Evidence based medicine: An approach to clinical problem-solving. BMJ : British Medical Journal, 310(6987), 1122.

Steps in Evidence-Based Practice

SOURCE:

Sackett, D. L. (1997). Evidence-based medicine. Seminars in Perinatology, 21(1), 3–5.

References

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature, 2nd edition

by Gordon Guyatt, Drummond Rennie, Deborah Cook, and Maureen Meade

Finding What Works in Health Care: Standards for Systematic Reviews (2011)

by Jill Eden, Laura Levit, Alfred Berg, and Sally Morton, Editors

How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-based Medicine and Healthcare, 6th edition

by Trisha Greenhalgh

Tutorials

Duke University/UNC Tutorial

EBM Tutorials - UMASS Medical School

Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit (BMJ Best Practice)

Methodological guidance for the conduct of mixed methods systematic reviews

Research Guide

Faith McKoy-Johnson

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