Site Map
To locate a particular topic, you may choose the most appropriate options from the panels on the left or you may use the site map below.
- Overview
- What is evidence-based medicine (EBM)?
- Myths about evidence-based medicine
- The need for evidence-based medicine
- Legal information
- Making this Site Work for You
- Step 1: Construct Clinical Question
- 2 Types of Questions
- Background Questions
- Foreground Questions
- PICO Format
- Primary vs. Secondary Sources
- Another Approach: Asking Well-Formed Clinical Questions
- Assessing Your Question
- Reasoning Behind Each Piece of Your Clinical Question
- Reevaluation and Reflection
- Step 2: Locate Evidence
- Evidence Pyramid (Quality of Evidence)
- Filtered Information
- Systematic Reviews/ Meta-Analyses
- Critically-Appraised Topics (Synthesis)
- Critically-Appraised Articles (Synopsis)
- Unfiltered Information
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- Cohort Studies
- Case-Controlled Studies/Case Series and Reports
- Background Info/Expert Opinion
- Search Basics & Using PubMed (Tutorial Alongside a Frame with PubMed)
- Search Basics & Using PubMed
- Using the ATSU link-out to PubMed
- Brief lesson on general use of PubMed
- Using PubMed to find a systematic review
- More Advanced Searches & Using the Cochrane Library (Tutorial Alongside a Frame with the Cochrane Library)
- More Advanced Searches & Using the Cochrane Library
- Review of Prior Lessons: Evidence Pyramid
- Purpose of the Cochrane Library
- Access the Cochrane Library through the ATSU Portal
- Search the Cochrane Library
- Advanced Search
- MeSH Search
- Search History
- Saved Searches
- Step 3: Appraise Evidence
- Diagnosis
- Diagnosis Worksheet (pdf)
- How to Appraise an Article on Diagnosis (pdf)
- Statistics for Diagnosis
- Sensitivity
- Specificity
- Likelihood Ratios
- Pre-test Probabilities/Prevalence
- Post-Test Probabilities/Predictive Values
- Therapy
- Therapy Worksheet (pdf)
- How to Appraise an Article on Therapy (pdf)
- Systematic Review of Therapy (pdf)
- How to Appraise a Systematic Review (pdf)
- Statistics for Therapy
- Control Event Rate (CER)
- Experimental Event Rate (EER)
- Number Needed to Treat (NNT)
- Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR)
- Harm/Etiology
- Harm/Etiology Woorksheet (pdf)
- How to Appraise an Article on Harm (pdf)
- Statistics for Harm/Etiology
- Number Needed to Harm (NNH)
- Absolute Risk Increase (ARI)
- Relative Risk (RR)
- Odds
- Odds Ratio (OR)
- Additional Statistical Tools and References
- Basic Statistics for Clinical Studies
- Samples and Populations
- Means and Medians
- Normal & Skewed Distributions
- Variability, Variance, & Standard Deviation
- Confidence Intervals
- p-values
- Generalized 2x2 Clinical Table
- Clinical Statistics Calculator (Spreadsheet Application)
- Step 4: Integrate Evidence into Clinical Practice
- Unique Patients with Individual Medical Needs
- Are results applicable to my patient?
- The Art of Medicine
- Integrating Patient Preferences
- Step 5: Communication & Evaluation
- Communication
- Communicate with Your Patients
- Communicate with Health Professionals
- Evaluation
- Evaluate Yourself
- How did you do?
- Basic Computer Skills
- Appraisal Worksheets
- PowerPoint Downloads
- More Information