Evidence based practice in primary care

1. Evidence based practice in primary care: an introduction.

Part 1 - Evidence based health care and the individual patient.

2. Getting started: how to set priorities and define questions.

3. Tracking down the evidence.

4. Critical appraisal.

5. Applying teh evidence with patients.

6. Screening and diagnostic tests.

7. Evaluating the application of evidence.

Part 2 - Strategies to develop a culture of evidence based health care in primary care.

8. An overview of strategies to promote implementation of evidence based health care.

9. Clinical practice guidelines.

10. Role of information technology.

11. Continuing medical education as a means of lifelong learning.

12. Integrating research findings into practice.

Appendix 1: Using Medline to search for evidence (Ovid software): some background information and sample searches.

Appendix 2: Further rea ding.

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