Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (Book with CD-ROM) [Paperback]

David L. Sackett (Author), Sharon E. Straus MD (Author), W. Scott Richardson MD (Author), William Rosenberg (Author), R. Brian Haynes MD (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0443062404 | ISBN-13: 978-0443062407 | Publication Date: February 15, 2000 | Edition: 2nd

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE is the bible of EBM. Known as the ultimate authority on the subject, this text was written by the foremost experts in the field. Instead of basing medical decisions on tradition, this resource teaches doctors how to integrate individual clinical expertise with the available external evidence from systematic research to provide patients with the best possible care. Readers will be taught how to ask, translate, critically appraise, and integrate clinical questions. The book is packaged with a FREE CD-ROM containing extended descriptions and sample web pages of several current evidence sources.

Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8174-511-1

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Focuses on the major challenge of practicing EBM in real time --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Easy to follow self-paced workbook Attractively presented and includes pictures Worked examples from real, relevant clinical scenarios Internationally respected authorship --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 261 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 2nd edition (February 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443062404
• ISBN-13: 978-0443062407
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Primer, September 16, 2001

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R. Albin (Ann Arbor, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (Book with CD-ROM) (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars The standard for teaching EBM, May 24, 2004

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Rhett Jackson (Norman, Oklahoma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (Book with CD-ROM) (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:

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise and precise, February 18, 2004

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Adrian Mondry (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (Book with CD-ROM) (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!