Evidence-based decision making
Subtitle: a translational guide for dental professionals
By: Jane L. Forrest ... [et al.].
Contributors: Forrest, Jane L.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9780781765336
Subjects: Evidence-based dentistry; Dentistry -- Decision making; Decision Support Techniques; Dental Care; Evidence-Based Medicine; Practice Management, Dental
Description: This concise, hands-on text provides a method for making evidence-based decisions in practice. The book presents a step-by-step approach to mastering the five essential skills of evidence-based decision making-formulating patient-centered questions, searching for the appropriate evidence, critically appraising the evidence, applying the evidence to practice, and evaluating the process. Five Case Scenarios are used throughout the book and cover the broad areas of therapy/prevention, diagnosis, etiology/harm/causation, and prognosis. Each chapter has objectives, suggested activities, a quiz, critical thinking questions, and exercises.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to evidence-based decision making; title: PICO: asking good questions[A1]; title: Research design and sources of evidence; title: Levels of evidence; title: Finding the evidence: using PICO to guide the search; title: Critical appraisal of the evidence; title: Evaluating web-based health information; title: Applying the evidence to practice; title: Evaluating the process and your performance.