Medical Library Association | Education : Evidence-Based Health Care

MLA Satellite Teleconference
Evidence-Based Health Care in Action

Discussion Group Novice Level Bibliography

First session
EBM Overview: From the Physician Point of View

4 articles or the Web site and 1 article
Users' guides to the medical literature. I. How to get started. Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group. JAMA. 1993 Nov 3;270(17):2093-5.
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Guyatt G, and Rennie D. Users' guides to the medical literature. JAMA. 1993 Nov 3;270(17):2096-7.
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Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about). BMJ 1997 Jul 26;315(7102):243-246. http://www.bmj.com/archive/7103/7103ed.htm
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Taubes G. Looking for the evidence in medicine. Science April 1996;272:22-24.

Evidence-based medicine: A new approach to teaching the practice of medicine. Evidence-Based Medicine Informatics Project. http://www.cche.net/principles/content_over.asp. Last modified May 21, 1997.
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Taubes G. Looking for the Evidence in Medicine. Science April 1996;272:22-24.

Second session
Clinical Issues

2 articles
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.
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Norman GR, Shannon SI. Effectiveness of instruction in critical appraisal (evidence-based medicine) skills: a critical appraisal. Can Med Assoc J 1998 Jan 27;158(2):177-81.

Third session
Beginning the EBM Search Using MEDLINE

3 articles
McKibbon KA ; Walker-Dilks CJ. Beyond ACP Journal Club: how to harness MEDLINE to solve clinical problems. ACP J Club 1994 Mar-Apr;120 Suppl 2:A10-2.
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Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper. The MEDLINE database. BMJ 1997 Jul 19;315(7101):180-183. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7101/180
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McKibbon KA ; Walker-Dilks CJ. Beyond ACP Journal Club: how to harness MEDLINE for therapy problems. ACP J Club 1994 Jul-Aug;121 Suppl 1:A10-2 [published erratum appears in ACP J Club 1994 Nov-Dec;121(3):A11].

Fourth session
Searching for Specific EBM Topics: Primary Studies

3 articles
McKibbon KA ; Walker-Dilks C ; Haynes RB ; Wilczynski N.Beyond ACP Journal Club: how to harness MEDLINE for prognosis problems. ACP J Club 1995 Jul-Aug;123(1):A12-4.
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McKibbon KA ; Walker-Dilks CJ. Beyond ACP Journal Club: how to harness MEDLINE for diagnostic problems. ACP J Club 1994 Sep-Oct;121 Suppl 2:A10-2.
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Walker-Dilks CJ ; McKibbon KA ; Haynes RB. Beyond ACP Journal Club: how to harness MEDLINE for etiology problems. ACP J Club 1994 Nov-Dec;121(3):A10-1.

Fifth Session
Systematic Reviews/Meta-analysis

2-3 articles
Hunt DL; McKibbon KA. Locating and appraising systematic reviews. Ann Intern Med 1997 Apr 1;126(7):532-8.
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Cook DJ; Mulrow CD; Haynes RB. Systematic reviews: synthesis of best evidence for clinical decisions. Ann Intern Med 1997 Mar 1;126(5):376-80.
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Mulrow CD; Cook DJ; Davidoff. Systematic reviews: critical links in the great chain of evidence. Ann Intern Med 1997 Mar 1;126(5):389-91.

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McKibbon KA ; Walker-Dilks CF ; Wilczynski NL ; Haynes RB. Beyond ACP Journal Club: how to harness MEDLINE for review articles. ACP J Club 1996 May-Jun;124(3):A12-3.

Sixth session
Library Role/Instruction

2 articles
McCarthy, LH. Evidence-based medicine: An opportunity for health sciences librarians. Med Ref Serv Q 1996 Winter; 15(4): 63-71.
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Tsafrir J, Grinberg M. Who needs evidence-based health care? Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Jan;86(1):40-45.
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McKibbon, KA. Evidence-based practice. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1998 Jul;86(3):396-401.

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Feinstein AR ; Horwitz RI. Problems in the "evidence" of "evidence-based medicine". Am J Med 1997 Dec; 103(6): 529-35.