Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
Key Summaries for Common Medical Practices

Gain a solid understanding of evidence-based medicine necessary for medical education and future practice

Bliss J. Chang (Author), Timothy F. Fernandez (Author)

9780323760331, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback / softback, published 20 September 2021

224 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.29 kg

“This book is a valuable resource for busy clinicians and clinicians-in-training to assess the evidence for common medical practices. It is helpful to learn from our own practice and for medical educators to help teach the “why? of what we do in medicine.? ©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Paul D O'Rourke, MD, MPH (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)

Be ready with specific evidence when you present patient plans during medical rounds! Concise and easy to use, Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine: Key Summaries for Common Medical Practices simplifies the complexity of clinical studies using key landmark trials in the core medicine specialties. Ideal for those early in their medical education and career, this portable guide helps you make the most of your limited time by introducing and explaining classic studies, preparing you to seek out and quickly digest future evidence-based medicine information.

• Highlights the landmark trials that have driven the evolution in medical practice, focusing on the critical information necessary to know about the study.
• Organizes evidence by disease and further by diagnostic or therapeutic intervention.
• Includes key takeaways and important notes from trials.
• Indicates which studies are new or controversial to help you develop an informed perspective.
• Enhanced eBook version included with purchase, which allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

Introduction

Subject Areas: Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences [MF]