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9781405167284

Evidence-Based Practice Workbook

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405167284

  • ISBN10:

    1405167289

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-08-27
  • Publisher: BMJ Books

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Summary

The Evidence-based Practice Workbook is an ideal tool for use by GPs, medical specialists and other healthcare professionals to learn the concepts of evidence-based practice (EBP). Practical and interactive, this workbook provides simple methods to help health professionals find and use the best evidence to answer clinical questions, developing their skills in: asking clinical questions searching for answers discriminating good from poor information and research using the answers to make clinical decisions.This attractive, colour workbook provides a clear explanation of EBP skills and concepts. Written by internationally respected authors, this expanded and updated edition has been developed from evidence-based practice workshops run by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Queensland and Oxford, and contains information and exercises to help health professionals learn how to use EBP in their clinical practice.

Author Biography

Paul Glasziou is Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine University of Oxford and editor of the journal Evidence Based Medicine (BMJ Publishing Group)

Chris Del Mar is Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University and Associate Editor of Evidence Based Medicine

Janet Salisbury is Director of Biotext and responsible for the book’s high quality design

Table of Contents

Introduction to this workbook
How to use this workbook
Introduction to evidence-based practice
What is evidence-based practice?
Some evidence-based cases
The steps in evidence-based practice
EBP Step 1: Formulate an answerable question
EBP Step 2: Track down the best evidence
EBP Step 3: Critically appraise the evidence
EBP Step 4: Apply the evidence..
Further critical appraisal exercises
Critical appraisal of studies for a prognosis question
Critical appraisal of studies for a diagnostic test accuracy question..
Reflections and further information
How am I doing? Diary of a reflective practitioner
Useful sources of evidence
Further reading
Glossary
Answers to quizzes and appraisals
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