Evidence-Based Practice Module
From:- Wai-Ching Leung and colleagues wp102@yahoo.com
Suggested reading list as in August 2001

N.B. This reading list is only valid as in August 2001 and has not been updated since. Current students should see the updated list here.

Books

1. Sackett DL, Straus SE. Richardson WS, Rosenberg W, Brain Haynes R. Evidence-based Medicine - How to Practice and teach EBM. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.

2. Muir Gray JA. Evidence based healthcare., 2nd edition. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2001.

3. Dawes M, Gray A, Mant J, Seers K. Evidence based practice, a primer for health care professionals. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 1999.

4. Greenhalgh T and Donald A. Evidence based health care workbook : for individual and group learning. London: BMJ publishing group, 2000.

For occupational therapists

5. Clare Taylor M. Evidence based practice for occupational therapists.Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1999.

Introduction

Sackett DL et al. Evidence-based medicine - what it is and what it isn't. BMJ 1996; 312: 71-72.

Rosenberg W, Donald A. Evidence based medicine: an approach to clinical problem solving. BMJ 1995; 300: 1122-1126

Guatt GH, Brian Hanes R, Zaeschke RZ, Cook DJ. Users' Guides to the Medical Litarature XXV. Evidence-Based Medicine: Principles of the Users' Guides to Patient Care. JAMA 2000, 284 (10): 1290-6.

Search for evidence

Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: The Medline database. BMJ 1997; 315: 180-183.

Glanville J, Haines M, Auston I. Getting research findings into practice: Finding information on clinical effectiveness. BMJ 1998; 317: 200-203.

Electronic communication and clinical practice

Keen J, Wyatt J. Back to basics on NHS networking. BMJ 2000; 321: 875 - 878

Kelly G. Electronics, clinicians, and the NHS. BMJ 2000; 321: 846-7.

Roscoe TJ and Wells M. NHSnetlearning from academia. BMJ 1999; 318: 377-379.

Diagnosis

Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests BMJ 1997; 315: 540-543.

Deeks J.J. Systematic reviews of evaluations of diagnostic and screening tests. BMJ 2001; 323: 157-62.

Scott Richardson R, Wilson MC, Guyatt GH, Cook DJ, Nishikawa J. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. How to use an article about disease probability for differential diagnosis. JAMA 281 (13): 1214-9.

Treatment (Clinical trials)

Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: Papers that report drug trials. BMJ 1997; 315: 480-483.

Dans AL, Dans LF, Guyatt GH, Richardson S. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. How to decide on te applicability of clinical trial results to your patient. JAMA 1998; 279(7): 545-9.

Bucher HC, Guyatt GH, Cook DJ, Holbrook A. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. Applying clinical trial results. JAMA 1999; 282(8): 771-8.

Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: Assessing the methodological quality of published papers BMJ 1997; 315: 305-308

Systematic reviews of RCTs

Greenhalgh T. How to read a paper: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) BMJ 1997; 315: 672-675

Lewis S and Clarke M. Forest plots: trying to see the wood and the trees. BMJ 2001; 322: 1479-1480.

Sterne JA, Egger M, Davey Smith G. Investigating and dealing with publication and other biases in meta-analysis. BMJ 2001; 323: 101-5.

Jüni P, Altman DG, Egger M. Systematic reviews in health care: Assessing the quality of controlled clinical trials. BMJ 2001; 323: 42-46.

Prognosis

Laupacis A, Wells G, Scott Richardson W, Tugwell P. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature - How to use an article about prognosis. JAMA 1994; 272(3): 234-237.

Altman DG. Systematic reviews of evaluations of prognostic variables. BMJ 2001; 323: 224-8.

Guidelines

Feder G, Eccles M, Grol R, Griffiths C, Grimshaw J. Clinical guidelines: Using clinical guidelines. BMJ 1999; 318: 728-730

Shekelle PG, Woolf SH, Eccles M, Grimshaw J. Clinical guidelines: Developing guidelines. BMJ 1999; 318: 593-596.

Woolf SH, Grol R, Hutchinson A, Eccles M, Grimshaw J. Clinical guidelines: Potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines. BMJ 1999; 318: 527-530.

Jackson R, Feder G. Guidelines for clinical guidelines. BMJ 1998; 317: 427-428.
See also a related letter:-
Williams JG. Guidelines for clinical guidelines should distinguish between national and local production. BMJ 1999; 318: 942.

Kendrick P. Why can't GP follow guidelines on depression? BMJ 2000; 320: 200-201.

Shekelle P, Eccles MP, Grimshaw JM, Woolf SH. When should clinical guidelines be updated? BMJ 2001; 323: 155-157.

Harobour R, Miller, J. A new system for grading recommendations in evidence based guidelines. BMJ 2001; 323: 334-336

Guyatt GH, Sinclair J, Cook DJ, Glassziou P. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. How to use a treatment recommendation. JAMA 1999, 281 (19): 1836-43.

Hayward RS, Wilson MC, Tunis SR, Bass EB, Guyatt G. Users' guide to Medical Literature. How to Use a Clinical Practice Guideline JAMA. 1995;274(7):570-4 and 1995;274(20):1630-2.

Thomson R, Lavender M, Madhok R. How to ensure that guidelines are effective BMJ 1995; 311: 237-242

Thomas L, Cullum N, McColl E, Rousseau N, Soutter J, Steen N. Guidelines in professions allied to medicine (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 3, 2001. Oxford: Update Software.

Policy

Black N, Donald A. Evidence based policy: proceed with care. BMJ 2001; 323: 275-279

Davey Smith G, Ebrahim S, Frankel S. How policy informs the evidence. BMJ 2001; 322: 184-185

McIntyre S, Chalmers I, Horton R, Smith R. Using evidence to inform health policy - case study. BMJ 2001; 322: 222-225

Sculpher M, Drummond M, O'Brien B. Effectiveness, efficiency, and NICE. BMJ 2001; 322: 943-944.

Smith R. The failings of NICE. BMJ 2000; 321: 1363-1364.

Implementation

Sheldon TA, Guyatt GH, Haines A. Getting research findings into practice: When to act on the evidence . BMJ 1998; 317: 139-142.

Haynes B , Andrew Haines. Getting research findings into practice: Barriers and bridges to evidence based clinical practice. BMJ 1998; 317: 273-276.

Straus SE, Sackett DL. Getting research findings into practice: Using research findings in clinical practice. BMJ 1998; 317: 339-342.

Lilford RJ, Pauker RG, Braunholtz DA, Chard J. Getting research findings into practice: Decision analysis and the implementation of research findings. BMJ 1998; 317: 405-409.

Garner P, Kale R, Dickson R, Dans T, Salinas R. Getting research findings into practice: Implementing research findings in developing countries. BMJ 1998; 317: 531-535.

McAlister FA, Straus SE, Guyatt GH, Brian Haynes R. Users' Guides to the Medical Literature. Integrating Research Evidence with the care of the individual patient. JAMA 2000; 283: 2829-2836.

Critique of evidence based practice

McColl A, Smith H, White P, and Field J. General practitioners' perceptions of the route to evidence based medicine: a questionnaire survey. BMJ 1998; 316: 361-365.

Kerridge I, Lowe M, Henry D. Ethics and evidence based medicine. BMJ 1998; 316: 1151-1153.

Frithjof Norheim O. Healthcare rationingare additional criteria needed for assessing evidence based clinical practice guidelines? BMJ 1999; 319: 1426-1429.

Green J, Britten N. Qualitative research and evidence based medicine. BMJ 1998; 316: 1230-1232.

Issacs D, Fitzgerald D. Seven alternatives to evidence based medicine. BMJ 1999; 319: 1618. (N.B. This was written in the Christmas issue of the BMJ - intended to be lighthearted rather than serious!)

Molesworth N. Sacred cows: to the abattoir! Down with EBM! BMJ 1998; 317: 1720-1721

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