Evidence-Based Medicine, 6th Edition
Key Features
- Provides clear guidance for all key areas of EBM: how to ask answerable clinical questions; how to translate them into effective searches for the best evidence; how to critically appraise that evidence for its validity and importance; and how to integrate it with patients' values and preferences
- Features an accessible, workbook-like format supplemented by a wide range of helpful tools online: critical appraisal worksheets, pocket cards, EBM calculators, educational prescriptions, clinical questions log, and self-evaluations
- Focuses on practising and teaching EBM in real time, in various clinical settings and contexts, including primary and specialty care and inpatient/outpatient settings
- Reflects a new focus on health equity in all chapters; updated teaching approaches to reflect the hybrid teaching environment, including the incorporation of AI tools; new resources for finding, organizing, and utilizing evidence in clinical practice; and advances in current research methods
- Contains practical hints and tips on the adoption of new and emerging technologies—including the use of AI—as well as other key topics such as systematic reviews, network meta-analysis, clinical manifestations of disease, and more
- An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud
Author Information
| ISBN Number | 9780443264535 |
|---|---|
| Description Author List | By Sharon E. Straus, CM MD MSc FRCPC, Professor, Department of Medicine, Physician-in-Chief, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada; Jenny Doust, BMBS BA BEcons PhD FRACGP, Clinical Professorial Research Fellow , Lead, Clinical Practice and Policy Theme, Australian Women and Girls’ Health Research (AWaGHR) Centre, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Australia; Jennifer A. Watt, Geriatrician (MD, FRCPC) and clinical epidemiologist (PhD), Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada; Bram Rochwerg, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Associate Professor, McMaster University, ICU Site Lead, Juravinski Hospital, Hamilton, Canada and W. Scott Richardson, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Georgia/Augusta University, USA |
| Copyright Year | 2027 |
| Edition Number | 6 |
| Format | Book |
| Trim | 152w x 229h (6.00" x 9.00") |
| Imprint | Elsevier |
| Page Count | 313 |
| Publication Date | 27 Feb 2026 |
| Stock Status | Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery |
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Asking answerable clinical questions
Acquiring the evidence: How to find current best evidence and have current best evidence find us
Appraising the evidence
Therapy
Diagnosis and screening
Prognosis
Harm
Evaluation
Teaching EBM
