LibGuides: Research Block: PGY-1: Week 1

Tasks & Assessments

Tasks

If you have questions please reach out to us. | lrc.ask@acom.edu. Michelle or Nicole will get in touch with you.
Read the chapters and articles linked below.
Watch the videos.
Complete the PICO & Searching Assessment.

Assessment

Complete the PICO & Searching Assessment and send to Michelle and Nicole.

Videos

Readings

Read the Foundations section of the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. This section includes chapters:

How to Use the Medical Literature - and This Book - to Improve Your Patient Care
What is Evidenced Based Medicine?
Evidence -Based Medicine and the Theory of Knowledge
What is the Question?
Finding the Current Best Evidence
Why Study Results Mislead: Bias and Random Error

The materials below reinforce the Foundations section above.

Article: Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 1. An Introduction to Creating an Answerable Question and Searching the Evidence
(2010). Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 1. An Introduction to Creating
an Answerable Question and Searching the Evidence. JAOA, 107(8), pp. 295-.297.
Presentation: Evidence Based Medicine & Searching Introduction
This presentation covers Evidence Based Medicine, forming a clinical question using PICO, and searching PubMed using MeSH.
Presentation: EBM: Systematic Reviews
This presentation covers understanding systematic reviews, how to interpret a forest plot, and using the Cochrane Database and EvidenceAlerts.
Handout: What is PICO
This handout explains the PICO methods and provides examples.
Article: Ovarian ablation in breast cancer, 1896 to 1998
Clarke, M. J. (1998). Ovarian ablation in breast cancer, 1896 to 1998: Milestones along hierarchy of evidence from case report to Cochrane review. BMJ, 317(7167), 1246-1248. doi:10.1136/bmj.317.7167.1246
Article: Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 2. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal of Articles on Therapy
Cardarelli, Roberto, DO et al. (2007). Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 2. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal
of Articles on Therapy. JAOA, 107(8), pp. 299-303.
Article: Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 3. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal of Articles on Diagnosis
Schranz, A.S. & Dunn, M.A. (2007). Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 3. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal
of Articles on Diagnosis. JAOA, 107(8), pp. 304-309.
Article: Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 4. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal of Articles on Harm
Cardarelli, R. & Seater, M.M. (2007). Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 4. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal
of Articles on Harm. JAOA, 107(8), pp. 310-314.
Article: Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 5. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal of Articles on Prognosis
Cardarelli, R. & Oberdorfer, J.R. (2007). Identifying and Avoiding Bias in Research. Plast Reconstruct Surg, 1236(2), pp. 315-319.
Article: Evidence-Based Medicine, Part 6. An Introduction to Critical Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines
Sanderlin, B.W. & AbdulRahmin, N. (2007). Identifying and Avoiding Bias in Research. JAOA, 107(8), pp. 321-324..

Suggested Resources

Evidence-Based Tutorial from Duke