Users' guides to the medical literature : essentials of evidence-based clinical practice

This condensed version of the larger Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice is perfect for clinicians interested in a concise, yet thorough, introduction to EBM.

The Essentials book includes all of Part One of the Manual book, and the critical sections of Part Two.

The book is organized around the "three pillars" of EBM: -- Assessing the validity or likelihood of bias in the evidence -- Understanding the results -- Applying the results directly to patient care Clinical case studies promote application of the concepts, and each section is self-contained to facilitate quick reference to all the information.

The intuitively focused CD-ROM includes the full text of the larger book, offering fully hyperlinked and searchable text and graphics.

The CD-ROM is organized, classified, and coded to support electronic outlining, content filtering, and full-text searching.

Alternative content organizations allow for differing learning experiences.

Like its parent volume, Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice originates from the popular series as published in JAMA, and is the work of more than 50 of the most renowned leaders in evidence-based medicine.

Coupled with the accompanying CD-ROM, co-edited by Robert Hayward, MD, this interactive package allows an unsurpassed intuitive, non-linear learning experience.