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Evidence Based Practice

Summary:

After you have gathered your evidence, you need to critically evaluate it for validity, impact, and applicability.  

Appraising your evidence

In general—when you appraise the evidence you have gathered, you are evaluating its:

Validity: closeness to the truth

Impact: size of the effect

Applicability: usefulness in a clinical practice

Appraising based on type of study

You can further break down the appraisal process by asking specific questions depending on the types of study that you are gathering your evidence from:

For more "Appraisal" information...

Check out this great Appraisal tutorial by the Medical Center Library at Duke University and the Health Science Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Reference:

S. Straus, W.S. Richardson, P. Glasziou, R.B. Haynes. Evidence Based Medcine: How to Practice and Teach EBM. Third Edition,2008.

UAlberta "Evidence Based Medicine: Mini Manual"