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BMJ Best Practice » EBM Toolkit » Learn EBM

Developing EBM skills

The following articles are intended to introduce the key methods of EBM such as clarifying a clinical question, designing a search and appraising, synthesizing and assessing the quality of the evidence.

Learn EBM

  • What is EBM?
  • How to clarify a clinical question
  • Design the search
  • Where to look for research evidence
  • Study design search filters
  • Case study of a search
  • Appraise the evidence
  • Appraising 2-armed randomized controlled trials
  • Appraising multiple-armed RCTs
  • Diagnostic test studies: assessment and critical appraisal
  • Appraising systematic reviews
  • Multiple systematic reviews on the same question
  • Synthesize the evidence
  • What is GRADE?
  • Understanding statistics: other resources
  • How to calculate risk

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