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Information mastery : evidence-based family medicine / [edited by] Walter W. Rosser, David C. Slawson, Allen F. Shaughnessy.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Hamilton, Ont. ; Lewiston, NY : BC Decker, 2004.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xvi, 160 p. : ill. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 1550091824
Other title:
  • Evidence-based family medicine
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WB 102 R828i 2004
Contents:
Contents Section one 1. What is Information Mastery? 2. The medical Information Jungle 3. Foraging Tools: POEM Bulletin Boards 4. Hunting Tools in the Hand: use of handheld computers to master information 5. Now that I know what I am supposed to do, how do i actually do it? 6. Evidence-based reviews and translation articles: alternatives to academic reviews 7. Getting the most from continuing medical information: only the last 2 minutes count 8. Looking behind the curtain: evaluating expert-based information 9. Obtaining useful information from pharmaceutical representatives 10. Clinical jazz: harmonizing clinical experience with evidence-based medicine 11. Bringing the best information to our patients and our colleagues: when information mastery meets motivational interviewing Section two 12. Looking right down to the pores: why it is important to learn how to read journals 13. Things are not always what they seem: understanding diagnosis tests 14. Prevalence and predictive value 15. Understanding Diagnostic Tests 16. Prevalence and Predictive Value 17. Doing more good than harm 18. Using systematic reviews and the appropriate meta-analysis 19. The good, the bad and the ugly: choosing guidelines with confidence 20. Assessing studies that involve economic analysis 21. Assessing a study on quality of care 20. Assessing Studies that Involve Economic Analysis 21. Assessing a Study on Quality of Care 22. Evaluating Quality Research 23. Applying Information Mastery and Evidence in Practice 24. Whose evidence anyway? a perspective on what different doctors mean by '"proof"
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Section one
1. What is Information Mastery?
2. The medical Information Jungle
3. Foraging Tools: POEM Bulletin Boards
4. Hunting Tools in the Hand: use of handheld computers to master information
5. Now that I know what I am supposed to do, how do i actually do it?
6. Evidence-based reviews and translation articles: alternatives to academic reviews
7. Getting the most from continuing medical information: only the last 2 minutes count
8. Looking behind the curtain: evaluating expert-based information
9. Obtaining useful information from pharmaceutical representatives
10. Clinical jazz: harmonizing clinical experience with evidence-based medicine
11. Bringing the best information to our patients and our colleagues: when information mastery meets motivational interviewing

Section two
12. Looking right down to the pores: why it is important to learn how to read journals
13. Things are not always what they seem: understanding diagnosis tests
14. Prevalence and predictive value
15. Understanding Diagnostic Tests
16. Prevalence and Predictive Value
17. Doing more good than harm
18. Using systematic reviews and the appropriate meta-analysis
19. The good, the bad and the ugly: choosing guidelines with confidence
20. Assessing studies that involve economic analysis
21. Assessing a study on quality of care
20. Assessing Studies that Involve Economic Analysis
21. Assessing a Study on Quality of Care
22. Evaluating Quality Research
23. Applying Information Mastery and Evidence in Practice
24. Whose evidence anyway? a perspective on what different doctors mean by '"proof"

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