Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine

Format: Lessons

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Language/s: English

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Resource Link: View the Lesson

Target Audience: Postgraduate and professional

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Undergraduate

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Self-directed learning

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Short Description:

Bill Caley’s 26 slides with notes used as an ‘Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine’.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 1-2 Anecdotes are unreliable evidence
• 1-4 Common practice is not always evidence-based
• 1-6 Expert opinion is not always right
• 2-9 Reviews of fair comparisons should be systematic
• 2-12 Relative measures of effects can be misleading
• 3-1 Do the outcomes measured matter to you?

Details

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the use of evidence in making medical decisions
2. Demonstrate searching for an evidence-based answer to a medical question