- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 3 edition (9 Mar 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0443074445
- ISBN-13: 978-0443074448
- Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 12.4 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 334,659 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A third edition of the best known introduction to EBM. This is a pocket-sized introduction which tells the reader how to integrate the best available evidence with his or her own clinical expertise, written by world-renowned authorities.
Following the retirement of David Sackett from the EBM field and the author team of the book, his colleagues have revised the book throughout and, in answer to common criticisms have focussed on how EBM can be practiced in real time in a variety of clinical settings.
Following the retirement of David Sackett from the EBM field and the author team of the book, his colleagues have revised the book throughout and, in answer to common criticisms have focussed on how EBM can be practiced in real time in a variety of clinical settings.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a researcher and teacher of EBP I found this book to be incredibly useful as a guide and a reference. It provides a clear definition of EBP (EBM) in its broadest context. This book also sets out in clear steps how the process works, and develops, with concise information on how to implement evidence, and how to teach this implementation to heaalth care students and workers.
13 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This manual provides a very comprehensive introduction to modern clinical practice. It succeeds in giving practical advice for accessing the best evidence quickly and effectively. In addition, the text is complemented by a CD and links to a website that promises constant updates. This stretching beyond the traditional textbook format is very much in keeping with the EBM philosophy.
EBM offers an exciting focus on a scientific integration of wider epidemiology with individual patient requirements. Such a powerful approach, necessarily understading of patient values, is essential to modern health care.
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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Fine Primer
16 Sep 2001
Format:Paperback
This well done book is partly an introduction to teaching/practicing Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)and partly an act of evangelism. The authors are concerned not only with describing the basic methods of EBM but also with convincing readers that this is the appropriate way to practice and teach clinical medicine. EBM and its precursor movements are based on the correct realization that physicians tend not to be very critical about clinical practice, much of which is learned by emulation. This book builds on an existing movement and the presence of widely available online resources to tap into appropriate critical evaluations of clinical practice. In doing so, the authors attempt to educate physicians about how to use these resources, relatively simple statistical tools that can be incorporated into application of good clinical literature to practice, and how to teach these methods. Because the authors are academics who wish to influence medical education, there is a good deal of emphasis on educational methods. While this may be an apparent short coming for readers who are not academics, it is actually worthwhile for all physicians because self-education is a constant part of our job. This book is very well done with some nice features. It is small and has a durable plastic cover, designed to carried in pockets or in a medical bag, there is a small CD with good examples, and a set of plasticized flash cards on major key points. Drawbacks are relatively minor. More information on how to analyze clinical trials and studies would be useful but in a concise book, something has to give way. Used carefully, the information in this book may change your practice and teaching methods.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
The standard for teaching EBM
24 May 2004
Format:Paperback
As a physician-teacher of EBM to internal medicine residents, this is the best book I've run across for this purpose. We utilize the reader's guides, first published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal and later in JAMA, written by Guyatt, Sackett, and others, which are perfectly complemented by this volume. I recommend it to all of the residents and have purchased multiple copies for house staff use (although I can't seem to keep them on the shelf...) It makes learning EBM fun and highlights its usefulness and, most importantly for busy physicians, speed. Worth reading for every physician interested in practicing medicine based on only the best evidence.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Concise and precise
19 Feb 2004
Format:Paperback
Concise and precise- just what the busy clinician wants to see. And for whoever needs more info, there is an extra CD Rom that preovides just that. Few medical books had more impact on my professional behavior than this one. Buy it, read it, and follow its advise!
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