How Should Clinicians Consider the Results of a Drug Clinical Trial? PowerPoint on Evidence Based Medicine
Southern Collaboration in Research to Impact Prescription of Therapeutics (SCRIPTS), is a project aimed to”help prescribers enhance their ability to evaluate drug related information to improve their prescribing practices and describe proper prescribing practices to improve quality of patient care”. It is sponsored by University of Alabama at Birmingham. In this module they teach us […]
Analysis of antidepressants effectiveness in adolescents: InfoPOEMs podcast
Essential Evidence Plus, formerly InfoPOEMs is a service by John Wiley and Sons that aims to give physicians succinct medical evidence that will impact in their medical practice. In this podcast Dr. Ebell and Dr. Wilkes (National Public Radio) discuss the POEM titled: “Antidepressants only modestly effective for adolescent depression” Listen to the podcast on […]
Evidence based medicine and how to critically read papers. Resources to develop an essential skill
It is essential for us, health proessionals , to learn how to critically interpret scientific information. Many times we will read articles that are absolutely irrelevant, or papers that are markedly biased trying to sell us products (new drugs, medical devices). It is our duty to know how to discern the evidence that should guide […]