JAMAevidence

JAMAevidence helps decision makers identify the best available evidence by providing guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care. It includes:

  • Textbooks
    • Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd Edition
    • The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
    • JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods
    • Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience
  • Education Guides - a robust library of PowerPoint slide sets aimed at instruction and learning of EBM concepts.
  • Glossary - Browse more than 900 EBM terms and definitions from the global navigation button.
  • Calculators - Calculators are functional, interactive tools designed to enhance the user's understanding of statistical and mathematical relationships in EBM.
  • Worksheets - interactive applications that provide users with a framework for studying EBM concepts.
  • Critical Appraisal - forms help users learn to evaluate research findings by considering validity, importance, and applicability of results.
  • Information Cycle forms allow users to explore the "5 A's" of EBM practice: Assess the information, Ask specific questions, Acquire evidence, Appraise the data for validity, Apply evidence to patient care.