LibGuides: Evidence-Based Practice: Teaching

Teaching the Results of Studies

Tips for Learning and Teaching
There are 2 versions of each article, one for learners of the EBM principle in question and one for their teachers. The learners' version appears in CMAJ and J Gen Intern Med, and the related teachers' version is published online. (Link to the teachers' version from "Online Appendix" of the learners' version.) The online teachers' version will also give readers access to a variety of extra features, including an interactive version of the teaching article.

TIPS: Introduction to the series.
CMAJ. 2004 Aug 17;171(4):347-8.
TIPS: Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat.
CMAJ. 2004 Aug 17;171(4):353-8.
TIPS: Measures of precision (confidence intervals)
CMAJ Sep 2004;171: 611-15.
TIPS: Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic)
CMAJ Nov 2004;171(11):1369-73.
TIPS: Assessing heterogeneity of primary studies in systematic reviews and whether to combine their results
CMAJ Mar 2005;172(5):661-5.
TIPS: The effect of spectrum of disease on the performance of diagnostic tests.
CMAJ Mar 2005;173(4):385-90.
TIPS: Making Sense of Diagnostic Test Results Using Likelihood Ratios
J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan;23(1):87-92.
TIPS: Adjusting for prognostic imbalances (confounding variables) in studies on therapy or harm.
J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Mar;23(3):337-43.
TIPS: Understanding Odds Ratios and Their Relationship to Risk Ratios
J Gen Intern Med. 2008 May;23(5):635-40.
TIPS: Clinical Prediction Rules (CPRs) and Estimating Pretest Probability
J Gen Intern Med. 2008 August;23(8):1261-1268.
TIPS: Making Sense of Decision Analysis Using a Decision Tree
J Gen Intern Med 2009 May; 24(5): 642-8.

Reference Books

JAMAevidence
Online tools for understanding and applying the medical literature and making clinical diagnoses. Includes the Text of the Users' Guide to the Medical Literature, The Rational Clinical Examination, podcasts and other tools that can be customized for teaching.