Reading the Medical literature

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• Format Texts
• Language/s English
• Target Audience Further education
• Difficulty Introductory

Key Concepts addressed

• 2-1a Comparison groups should be similar
• 2-1d People should not know which treatment they get
• 2-3b Relative measures of effects can be misleading
• 2-3d Fair comparisons with few people or outcome events can be misleading
• 2-3f Confidence intervals should be reported
• 1-3c Expert opinion is not always right
• 1-2c Association is not the same as causation
• 1-2e Comparisons are needed to identify treatment effects

Details

Applying Evidence to Practice

Reading the Medical Literature is designed as a resource for Fellows of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and others to offer a better understanding of evidence-based medicine, particularly as it relates to the development of ACOG’s clinical practice guidelines.

As evidence-based medicine continues to develop and to be integrated into clinical practice, an understanding of its basic elements is critical in translating the medical literature into appropriate clinical practice.

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