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Definition, Components, Cycle

Definition

Evidence-Based Medicine is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.¹

The EBP Cycle

Assess
Ask
Acquire
Appraise
Apply
Assess

1 (Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.)

Overviews & Introductions

Evidence-Based Answers to Clinical Questions for Busy Clinicians
Workbook published in 2011 from Centre for Clinical Effectiveness
Resources for Evidence-Based Practice
Resource Guide from McMaster. To access resources marked with a padlock you need to be a student or faculty member at McMaster. Lots of free information and resources listed as well.
Centre for Evidence Based-Medicine (CEBM) - EBM Tools
From the University of Oxford. Provides free support and resources to doctors, clinicians, teachers and others.
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial
5th Edition, 2010. From the Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill.
Evidence-Based Practice in the Health Sciences Tutorials
Developed by the Information Services Department of the Libary of the Health Sciences-Chicago at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Evidence-Based Medicine Toolbox
Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto

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