Where're the Data?
Introducing Evidence-based Resources in Practice

Dr. Fredric M. Wolf, Ph.D.
Table of Contents
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  1. Where're the Data? Introducing Evidence-based Resources in Practice
  2. Introducing Evidence - Outline
  3. Cardiac Rehabilitation
  4. Indicate whether you would (yes) or would not (no) recommend a cardiac rehab program for your patients
  5. Mammography Screening
  6. Indicate whether you would (yes) or would not (no) recommend mammography screening for your patients
  7. EBM: Definition
  8. EBM is Not...
  9. Why Do We Need EBM?
  10. Why Do We Need EBM? (cont'd)
  11. Steps Necessary to Practice EBM
  12. Sources of Evidence in the "Real World" in "Real-time"
  13. Problem: Information Explosion
  14. One Possible Soulution: Decision Support Systems?
  15. What is a Systematic Review?
  16. What is a Systematic Review? (cont'd)
  17. Cochrane Library CD (& WWW)
  18. Graph: Pain (Antibiotic vs. Placebo) Comparison
  19. Indicate whether you would (yes) or would not (no) recommend mammography screening for your patients
  20. Breast Ca Screening-Women>50 yrs Survival @ 7 years (1/4)
  21. Breast Ca Screening-Women>50 yrs Survival @ 7 years (2/4)
  22. Breast Ca Screening-Women>50 yrs Survival @ 7 years (3/4)
  23. Breast Ca Screening-Women>50 yrs Survival @ 7 years (4/4)
  24. Support for Tx > Prevention
  25. RRR>ARR, SR, NNT; RRR=OR; OR>SR; OR=ARR, SR, NNT
  26. RRR>all Others; OR>ARR, SR, NNT; OR
  27. What does it mean? Does it matter?
  28. "Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability" Sir William Osler
  29. Evaluating Reliability of Electronic Info (e.g., Web Sites)
  30. Evaluating Reliability of Electronic Info (e.g., Web Sites) (cont'd)
  31. Internet Web Sites (1/3)
  32. Internet Web Sites (2/3)
  33. Internet Web Sites (3/3)
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