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What is Evidence-Based Medicine?

The words evidence-based are used to describe lots of things in medicine, healthcare and beyond. Evidence-based medicine (EBM), evidence-based practice, evidence-based policy, and, in a different part of society, evidence-based social work and evidence-based education. The underlying principals are the same. The concept is about making sure that when decisions are made they are made on the basis of the most up-to-date, solid, reliable, scientific evidence. In the case of medicine or health care, these are the decisions about the

What are the key steps in Evidence-Based Medicine?

There are four key steps in EBM and the resources on the website are linked to these. Asking the right question Searching for the evidence Appraising the evidence Acting on the evidence These steps are followed by a fifth: Evaluating your practice. 1. Asking the right question To find the answer to a problem you need to start with a question. Getting the question right can be as important as getting the answer right. If you ask an inappropriate question

QMP Medical Statistics Online Tutorial: Normal Distribution

This tutorial teaches the essentials about the statistics in medicine and covers various aspects of normal distribution (ND): central limit theorem, properties of ND, NDs with different means and with different variances, variables that follow a ND, normal plot and introduction to t-distribution

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Critical appraisal: how to do it

Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, value and relevance in a particular context (Amanda Burls 2009).

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Clinical Evidence Database

The Clinical Evidence database is from the BMJ Evidence Centre. It is a fee-based resource for medical professionals to learn, teach and practice evidence-based medicine.

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GP Notebook: Evidence-based Medicine

Are you unsure of some EBM terms?

Then this site could be for you. It provides definitions and explanations on core EBM concepts.

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