Lecture 13 - Introduction Slide
	Ways of Knowing in Medicine
	Which would you trust the most?
	What do you do when the evidence is contradictory?
	Homeopathy and Placebo
	What other factors affect clinical decision making?
	Evidence-Based Medicine 1
	Evidence-Based Medicine 2
	What is evidence-based medicine?
	Why EBM?
	What constitutes ‘evidence’ in evidence-based medicine?
	Primary Evidence
	Secondary Evidence
	Clinical Guidelines US Preventive Services Task Force
	Tertiary Evidence / Clinical Guidelines US Preventive Services Task Force Selected Examples
	Tertiary Evidence / Clinical Guidelines US Preventive Services Task Force Selected Examples
	Practicing Evidence-Based Medicine
	Case Example
	Four Steps to Evidence-Based Medicine
	Clinical Decisions
	1. Defining the question 1
	1. Define the question 2
	1. Define the question 3
	3. Appraise the evidence
	Search for the Evidence
	4. Apply the evidence

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