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Documents for Introduction to EBM
- Open the Clinical Cases document & choose one case that you will use for today's activities
- Open the Foundations 2021 EBM worksheet
- Write your name, email, and the case number that you chose
- Using the PICO tables on the form, develop one diagnosis question and one therapy question for your case
- Save the form (add your initials to the filename) -- you will submit the form after today's session
- Select one of your PICO questions
- From the Introduction to EBM page, use 2 different resources from those listed under Study & Clinical Tools in the Quick Links box on the left to search for "evidence" that addresses your question
- Type responses to prompts on the worksheet
- Remember to save your work as you go
- Use the PubMed link from the Quick Links box
- Search PubMed for studies that address your PICO question
- On the worksheet:
- Record your search strategy, including terms, limits, and/or filters
- Copy and paste the citations for the best articles that you find
- Remember to save your work as you go
- Select one of the three studies from PubMed that you think best address your PICO. Copy and paste the citation into the worksheet
- Using the appropriate table to assess the article you chose, score the evidence from the study
- Table 1: RCT, cohort study, case control, case series, case report
- Table 2: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis
- What would you recommend?
- Save all your work
- Email completed worksheet to phburn@illinois.edu
