New evidence pyramid - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
Rationale for modification 1. In the early 2000s, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group developed a framework in which the certainty in evidence was based on numerous factors and not solely on study design which challenges the pyramid concept.8 Study design alone appears to be insufficient on its own as a surrogate for risk of bias.
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Evidence-based practice education for healthcare professions: an …
Introduction. To highlight and advance clinical effectiveness and evidence-based practice (EBP) agendas, the Institute of Medicine set a goal that by 2020, 90% of clinical decisions will be supported by accurate, timely and up-to-date clinical information and will reflect the best available evidence to achieve the best patient outcomes.1 To ensure that …
Shared decision-making as a method of care - BMJ Evidence …
Clinical Decision-Making; Delivery of Health Care; Evidence-Based Practice; Patient Care; Care happens in interaction between the patient and the clinician, in conversation where the patient and clinician uncover or develop a shared understanding of the problematic situation of the patient and identify, discover, or invent ways to make that …
Enhancing clinical practice guidelines with STAR
Oct 8, 2024 · Clinical practice guidelines, commonly referred to as ‘guidelines’, play an important role in guiding physicians in their clinical practice by bridging the gap between research evidence and healthcare decisions.1 However, the current guidelines face challenges such as varying quality levels, poor clinical applicability and difficulties in implementation.2 3 To solve the these problems, the ...
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External validity, generalisability, applicability and directness: a ...
External validity is a construct that attempts to answer the question of whether we can use the results of a study in patients other than those enrolled in the study. External validity consists of two unique underlying concepts, generalisability and …
Rapid reviews methods series: guidance on rapid qualitative …
This paper forms part of a series of methodological guidance from the Cochrane Rapid Reviews Methods Group and addresses rapid qualitative evidence syntheses (QESs), which use modified systematic, transparent and reproducible methodsu to accelerate the synthesis of qualitative evidence when faced with resource constraints. This guidance covers the review process as it relates to synthesis of ...
EBM Guidelines: Evidence-Based Medicine
EBM Guidelines: Evidence-Based Medicine This electronic resource aims to provide physicians with fast and easy access to practical guidelines linked to the best available research evidence. It covers a wide range of medical conditions and is aimed at general practitioners and outpatient departments. The first electronic version was published in 1989 as a …
Catalogue of bias: racial bias | BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
Racial bias is a distortion arising from systemic, institutional, interpersonal or individual forms of explicit (conscious) or implicit (unconscious) prejudice against individuals or groups based on social constructs of race or ethnicity that influences the planning, methods, results, interpretation, dissemination and application of health research. As a flaw in research design that undermines ...