EBM: Asking Questions and Acquiring the Evidence

Question 1

3 things that make up EBM

Answer 1

• Best available evidence
• Clinical expertise
• Patient values and preferences

Question 2

Broadly worded questions that reflect the need to better understand a problem or condition

Answer 2

Background questions

• who
• what
• where
• when
• why

Question 3

Questions that require specific knowledge and include numerous clinical variables

Answer 3

Foreground Questions

Question 4

What does PICO stand for?

Answer 4

Patient
Intervention
Comparison
Outcomes

Question 5

What are the 4 clinical question types?

Answer 5

Diagnosis
Prognosis
Therapy
Harm/etiology

Question 6

Best test to use, how accurate is the test

Answer 6

Diagnosis question

Question 7

Progression of the disease, likeliness of the disease to occur

Answer 7

Prognosis question

Question 8

Best treatment, did treatment work

Answer 8

Therapy question

Question 9

Cause of the problem, did intervention or exposure cause the problem

Answer 9

Harm/etiology question

Question 10

Level 1 study includes?

Answer 10

Meta-analysis
Systematic review
RCT
Cohort

Question 11

Level 2 study includes?

Answer 11

RCT

Cohort studies

Question 12

Level 3 study

Answer 12

Case control

Question 13

Level 4 study

Answer 13

Case series and Case reports

Question 14

Therapy and Diagnosis questions are answered by what type of study?

Answer 14

RCT

Question 15

Prognosis and Etiology/Harm questions are answered by what types of studies?

Answer 15

Cohort studies

Question 16

Non-experimental
Presentation of disease
Patients not followed
Rare/unique events

Answer 16

Case report/Case series

Question 17

Non experimental
Compares group of people who have an existing problem to group who do not
Quick and cheap

Answer 17

Case control

Question 18

Important in the early investigation

Surgical research

Answer 18

Case control

Question 19

Non-experimental
Group who do not have problem/disease but are followed over time
Establish risk of contracting disease and relationships

Answer 19

Cohort study

Question 20

Experimental study

Randomly divide people into 2 groups

Answer 20

RCT

Question 21

PICO question, comprehensive literature search, make practice reccommendations

Answer 21

Systematic review

Question 22

Statistical technique that summarizes the result

Answer 22

Meta-analysis