Essential Evidence
Medicine that Matters
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Beschreibung
This manual helps clinicians easily to find the best availableevidence to facilitate sound medical decisions. It is the firstpublished compilation of highly relevant InfoPOEMs that theeditors believe has the potential to change a clinician's practice.The editors have selected over 300 of the most influential,compelling POEMs, and organized them by topic for easy reference.
Each POEM contains:
* Clinical Question: Poses a question that the study seeksto answer.
* Bottom line: Summarizes the findings of the research and placesthese findings into the context with the known information on thetopic. The bottom line also is designed to help readers understandhow to apply the results.
* LOE: Each review is given a Level of Evidence indicator. Thisallows the reader to discern an overall sense of how well the newinformation is supported.
* Reference: Displays the citation of the article beingreviewed.
* Study Design: Identifies the procedures of the study(i.e., Meta-Analysis, randomized controlled trial).
* Setting: Identifies the environment in which the study tookplace (i.e., outpatient, inpatient).
* Synopsis: Provides a brief overview of the study designand results, but is not an abstract. The editors have pulled outonly the most important information - the materials thatreaders need to judge the validity of the research and tounderstand the results.
The manual opens with two complementary,original chapters:
1) Introduction to Information Mastery which covers theskills physicians need to practice the best medicine.
2) An Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine thatreviews the key concepts and principles behind this practicemodel.
Autor*in
David Slawson
Themen in »Essential Evidence«
Biomedical Engineering Biomedizintechnik Evidence-Based Health Care Evidenzbasierte Forschung im Gesundheitswesen Medical Informatics & Biomedical Information Technology Medical Science Medizin Medizininformatik u. biomedizinische Informationstechnologie