BU Library: Faculty Overview of Evidence Informed Practice (EIP): Evaluating Research

Standard Textbooks

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature (JAMA) by Gordon Guyatt; Drummond Rennie; Deborah Cook; Maureen Meade
ISBN: 9780071790710
Publication Date: 2015
The most comprehensive guide to the principles and clinical applications of evidence-based medicine; created by editors affiliated with the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
How to Read a Paper by Trisha Greenhalgh
Call Number: R118.6 .G74 2014
ISBN: 1118800966
Publication Date: 2014-04-07
Demystifies evidence-based medicine and explains how to critically appraise published research and how to put the findings into practice.

Useful Articles for Evaluating Studies

Simplifying the language of evidence to improve patient care Presents a patient-centered approach to grading evidence in the medical literature. Ebell, M. et al. (2004) Journal of Family Practice, 53/2: p. 111-120.
Refining clinical diagnosis with liklihood ratios Explains how to take likelihood rations beyond diagnosis into patient care. Grimes, D. and Schultz, K. (2005) Lancet, 365: p. 1500-1505.

Evidence Based Glossary

Evidence-based Glossary

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More Medical Statistics Videos

Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV & NPV. Created by John P. Shand.
Likelihood Ratios This video describes the role of likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing. Created by Terry Shaneyfelt, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine.
Number Needed to Treat A tutorial of the NNT, or the Number Needed to Treat, a biostatistics term to compare efficacy of different medications. Created by Graham Walker.
Odds Ratio, Relative Risk Odds Ratio and Relative Risk are examined in epidemiological context. Odds ratio can mislead if a "Common Event" is studied, since it can exaggerate effects. Relative risk is appropriate for randomized control studies and cohort studies. Created by HelpHippo.com
Randomness, uncertainty and chance Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics -- and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials. TEDglobal 2005.
Sensitivity and Specificity A video-animation presentation about medical testing. While many patients just ASSUME that test results are always correct, this is not the case. This video explains some key facts about medical testing. This video is part of the breast cancer education series produced by CancerQuest at Emory University.
Sensitivity Specificity: Easy Epidemiology Difference Spin Snout Test A tutorial teaching sensitivity vs. specificity, including SPIN and SNOUT mnemonics. Learn the difference between sensitive and specific tests, for medical health science students. Created by HelpHippo.com

Faculty Overview of Evidence Informed Practice (EIP): Evaluating Research

Standard Textbooks

Useful Articles for Evaluating Studies

Evidence Based Glossary

Check It Out!! Medical Statistics Videos by Dr. Joshua Goldenberg, ND

More Medical Statistics Videos

Forms For Evaluating Studies