Curriculum

• Introduction to EBM (ppt)



• Richardson WS, Wilson MC, Nishikawa J, Hayward RS. The well-built clinical question: a key to evidence-based decisions. ACP J Club. 1995 Nov-Dec;123(3):A12-3. (article)



• Guyatt GH, Haynes RB, Jaeschke RZ, Cook DJ, Green L, Naylor CD, Wilson MC, Richardson WS.
  Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: XXV. Evidence-based medicine: principles for applying the Users' Guides to patient care. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 2000 Sep 13;284(10):1290-6. (article)



• Healthlinks Evidence-Based Practice (web link)

• EBM: Therapy (ppt)



• Guyatt GH, Sackett DL, Cook DJ.
  Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1993 Dec 1;270(21):2598-601. (article)



• Guyatt GH, Sackett DL, Cook DJ.
  Users' guides to the medical literature. II. How to use an article about therapy or prevention. B. What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1994 Jan 5;271(1):59-63. (article)

• EBM: Prognosis (ppt)



• Laupacis A, Wells G, Richardson WS, Tugwell P. Users' guides to the medical literature. V. How to use an article about prognosis. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1994 Jul 20;272(3):234-7. (article)

• EBM: Appraising Diagnostic Articles (ppt)



• McGee S. Simplifying likelihood ratios.
  J Gen Intern Med. 2002 Aug;17(8):646-9. (article)



• Jaeschke R, Guyatt G, Sackett DL. Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. A. Are the results of the study valid? Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1994 Feb 2;271(5):389-91. (article)



• Jaeschke R, Guyatt GH, Sackett DL. Users' guides to the medical literature. III. How to use an article about a diagnostic test. B. What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? The Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1994 Mar 2;271(9):703-7. (article)



• Richardson WS, Wilson MC, Williams JW Jr, Moyer VA, Naylor CD.
  Users' guides to the medical literature: XXIV. How to use an article on the clinical manifestations of disease. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 2000 Aug 16;284(7):869-75. (article)

  Additional information on ROC curves:

                   Ebell, M. Reading an Article about Diagnosis. Michigan State University. (web link)

                   Tape, TG. Interpreting Diagnostic Tests. University of Nebraska Medical Center. (web  link)

Week 7:  Harm

Tool for converting odds ratios to NNTs