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Synopsis
Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), using the best evidence in the literature for the best care for an individual patient, sounds very simple. Yet, most medical students and physicians do not have the mathematical background or training to critically evaluate published research. This 'users guide' to EBM helps you become a more discriminating reader of the medical literature. An introduction to scientific methods and study design then leads on to a better understanding of measurements and sources of bias. There is a brief introduction to statistics and hypothesis testing (Type I and II errors) and measures of risk and efficacy. The second half of the book teaches medical decision-making including discussions of the clinical examination and sources of bias in that examination, likelihood ratios, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values and advanced topics in medical decision making. This is an ideal introductory text for medical students and all health-care professionals.
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About the Author
Dr. Mayer is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Theme Leader of the Evidence Based Health Care course at Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. He has been practising emergency medicine for twenty-four years. For the last 10 years he has developed and taught a required four-year course called Evidence Based Health Care at Albany Medical College. He has been a tutor at Evidence Based Health Care seminars around the world and has spoken frequently about teaching Evidence Based Medicine to educators, medical school faculty, undergraduate medical students, and residents at conferences internationally and in the USA.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0521832616
- ISBN 13 9780521832618
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages392
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