• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Forward
  • Module Objectives
• Why Is EBM Important?
• Levels of Evidence
  • What Is Evidence?
  • Hierarchy of Evidence
  • Systematic Review
  • Systematic Review of Cohort Studies
  • Summary
• The EBM Process
  • Formulating a Clinical Question
    • Purpose of Clinical Question
    • Types of Clincal Questions
    • The Well-Built Questions: PICO
  • Searching for the Evidence
    • Cochrane
    • PubMed
    • Helpful Tips
  • Critically Appraise, Apply Evidence
• Resources
• Credits
• Return to Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

Forward
Module Objectives

After completion of this module, the learner should be able to:

• Identify the major concepts of the definition of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM).
  
• Correctly arrange the order of the steps of the EBM process.
  
• Define the four elements of a well defined clinical question.
  
• Describe in general terms the hierarchy of the levels of evidence for a clinical question involving therapy.
• Describe a method for systematically searching the medical literature to find articles that can answer your clinical questions.