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Evidence-Based Medicine
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  1. Mark C Wilson, MD, MPH
  1. Wake Forest University School of Medicine,Winston-Salem,North Carolina, USA

    https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.5.5.136

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      If you want to enhance your skills further to practice evidence-based medicine and weave it into your clinical teaching, rush out to buy the new edition of this popular handbook. Its international authors provide unique insights and practical strategies to use this approach in clinical problem solving during daily medical practice. This text is applicable to the needs of a wide range of learners, from medical students to clinician educators and practicing physicians.

      Sackett DL, Strauss SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-Based medicine:how to practice and teach EBM. Second edition. Edinburgh:Churchill Livingstone, 2000.

      Consistent with the first edition, it is still written in a comfortable conversational tone, and each chapter is peppered with helpful tables. Illustrative clinical examples appear throughout the book. 3 significant new improvements are a new organisational structure, a stronger section on teaching methods, and an accompanying CD.

      The first few chapters address asking answerable clinical questions and specific search strategies to find the best available evidence. The closing chapter addresses self evaluation, including what …

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