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The links below will direct you to the full text of papers on important topics in EBCP mainly related to critical appraisal and to the understanding of the importance of the results in clinical studies. The content of the papers is mainly dedicated to learners of EBCP. However, there are online versions, in the appendix, for teachers of EBCP in some of these resources.

 

CANADIAN ASSOCIATION MEDICAL JOURNAL

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE SERIES
Series on Changing Physician Behaviour, Diagnostics Tests, Guidelines and Other Topics of interest in EBM

RELATIVE RISK REDUCTION, ABSOLUTE RISK REDUCTION AND NUMBER NEEDED TO TREAT
Barratt, A et al. CMAJ • August 17, 2004; 171 (4)

MEASURES OF PRECISION (CONFIDENCE INTERVALS AND P VALUES)
Montori, V et al. CMAJ • September 14, 2004; 171 (6)

MEASURES OF OBSERVER VARIABILITY (KAPPA STATISTIC)
McGinn, T et al. CMAJ • November 23, 2004; 171 (11)

ASSESSING HETEROGENEITY IN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
Hatala, R et al. CMAJ • March 1, 2005; 172 (5)

THE EFFECT OF SPECTRUM OF DISEASE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
Montori, V et al. CMAJ • August 16, 2005; 173 (4)


JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
Wyer, P. Introduction to the series. J Gen Intern Med • 2008 January; 23(1): 112–113

MAKING SENSE OF DIAGNOSTIC TEST RESULTS USING LIKELIHOOD RATIOS
Rischardson, WS et al. J Gen Intern Med • 2008 January; 23(1): 87–92

ADJUSTING FOR PROGNOSIS IMBALANCES IN STUDIES ON THERAPY AND HARM
Kennedy, CC et al. J Gen Intern Med • 2008 March; 23(3): 337–343

UNDERSTANDING ODDS RATIO AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO RISK RATIOS
Prassad, k et al. J Gen Intern Med • 2008 May; 23(5): 635–640

CLINICAL PREDICTION RULES AND PRETEST PROBABILITIES
McGinn, T et al. J Gen Intern Med • 2008 August; 23(8): 1261–1268

 

BRITSH MEDICAL JOURNAL

HOW TO READ A PAPER
Trisha Greenhalgh • 1997

STATISTICS AT SQUARE ONE
Dougal Swinscow • 1997

EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR THE UNINITIATE
D Coggon et al • 1997

IMPORTANT PAPERS BY TOPIC

OTHER SERIES IN BMJ

 

THE LANCET

LANCET EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE ARTICLES SERIES
2001 | Health Economics and Qualitative Research
2002 & 2005 | Epidemiology
2004 | Public Health Systems
2005 | End of Life
2006 | Controversies in Cardiology

 

USERS GUIDES

THE MANUAL - SECOND EDITION
Gordon Guyatt • 2008

THE ESSENTIALS - SECOND EDITION
Gordon Guyatt • 2008

THE MANUAL - FIRST EDITION
Gordon Guyatt • 2001

INTERACTIVE USERS GUIDES
Gordon Guyatt

 

JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

WELL BUILT CLINICAL QUESTIONS

SEARCHING FOR EVIDENCE IN WEB SOURCES

CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF INFORMATION LITERACY