Content excerpted from Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine Tutorial from Duke University Medical Center
The patient |
1. Start with the patient -- a clinical problem or question arises out of the care of the patient |
The question |
2. Construct a well built clinical question derived from the case |
The resource |
3. Select the appropriate literature resource(s) and conduct a search in CINAHL or MEDLINE |
The evaluation |
4. Appraise that evidence for its validity (closeness to the truth) and applicability (usefulness in clinical practice) |
The patient |
5. Return to the patient -- integrate that evidence with clinical expertise, patient preferences and apply it to practice |
Self-evaluation |
6. Evaluate your performance with this patient |
Because the focus is on what methods, interventions, practices get the best outcomes for the patient.
Because it bases patient care on the evidence found in the professional research literature.