Evidence Based Medicine And Practice

Question 1

What is evidence based medicine?

Answer 1

“Evidence based medicine is ….
…the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of the best evidence …
…in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

Question 2

What is meant by the practice of evidence based medicine?

Answer 2

Means integrating individual clinical expertise …
with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research …

Question 3

What are the 5 key elements of EBM?

Answer 3

1.Finding evidence (including asking the right question)

2.Assessing the evidence (critical appraisal)

3.Synthesising the evidence (bringing it all together)

4.Making good decisions

5.Evaluating performance against the evidence

Question 4

What is the evidence in EBM?

Answer 4

Evidence is information to inform clinical practice that is obtained by scientific methods

Question 5

What are the different types of evidence and research designs to provide it?

Answer 5

1.Cross-sectional survey

2.Case-control

3.Cohort

4.Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT)

Question 6

What is PICO used for?

Answer 6

Used to frame a research question

Question 7

What does PICO stand for?

Answer 7

Population
Intervention
Comparator
Outcome