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Using Evidence To Improve Care
JAMAevidence is the definitive Web site devoted to learning, teaching, and practicing evidence-based medicine (EBM). JAMAevidence provides the fundamental tools for incorporating EBM into daily practice.
Textbooks
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 2nd Edition
Now in its second edition, the Users' Guides is the centerpiece of EBM theory on JAMAevidence.
The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
Available for the first time in a single compilation, The Rational Clinical Examination articles and updates turn EBM theory into practice via topically organized chapters.
Coming Soon
Care at the Close of Life:: Evidence and Experience
Care at the Close of Life: offers evidence-based and clinical expert guidance on caring for patients with life-limiting illness, incorporating the words and perspectives of affected patients, their families, and treating clinicians.
Useful Tools
Education Guides
JAMAevidence offers a robust library of PowerPoint slide sets aimed at instruction and learning of EBM concepts. They are linked to related content and are available through search. Sample Education Guides from Users' Guides to the Medical Literature ( Online slideshow | PowerPoint download) and The Rational Clinical Examination (Online slideshow | PowerPoint download) and Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience (PowerPoint download) are available for free.
Glossary
More than 500 EBM terms and definitions with terms linked to pop-up definitions inside book content and available via search.
Calculators
Calculators are functional, interactive tools designed to enhance the user's understanding of statistical and mathematical relationships in EBM.
Worksheets
Worksheets are interactive applications that provide users with a framework for studying EBM concepts. They are comprised of textual instructions as well as open, editable fields where learners can respond to instructions and prompts. Two types of worksheets are available on JAMAevidence:
Critical Appraisal
Critical appraisal forms help users learn to evaluate research findings by considering validity, importance, and applicability of results.
Information Cycle
Information cycle forms allow users to explore the "5 As" of EBM practice: Assess the information, Ask specific questions, Acquire evidence, Appraise the data for validity, Apply evidence to patient care.
Question Wizards
Question wizards formulate a well-built clinical question. Questions of therapy yield to the "PICO" format: Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome.
Other Features
My JAMAevidence
My JAMAevidence provides users with quick access to their most recent saved content: worksheets, questions, bookmarks, images, and tables.
This Week's JAMA RSS Feed
Keep up to date with this weekly feed of featured JAMA articles.
Compiled Clinical Scenarios
A single, seamless clinical case has been created for both books by merging the intra-chapter Scenario sections together.
Podcasts
Podcasts of key EBM concepts and applications to current clinical topics have been recorded by subject-matter experts.
Monthly Updating
As current EBM concepts and clinical literature come to the fore, the JAMAevidence content set will be refreshed on a monthly basis. The site is enhanced with additional multimedia files, new textbook material, and timely updates.
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