Evidence-Based Practice in Primary Care

Evidence Based Practice in Primary Health Care is split into two sections. The frist discusses how the individual can apply evidence based medicine in the clinical setting, and the second covers the wider issue of changes in organisation and strategy to promote better and more effective delivery of care within a practice or primary care group. Chapters are writtten by leading specialists in evidence based primary care from Australlia, the UK,and mainland Europe.

Contributors. Preface to the second edition. Getting started: how to set priorities and define questions. Tracking down the evidence. Critical appraisal. Applying the evidence with patients. Screening and diagnostic tests. Evaluating the application of evidence. An overview of strategies to promote implementation of evidence based health care. Clinical practice guidelines. Role of information technology. Continuing medical education as a means of lifelong learning. Integrating research evidence into practice. Appendix 1: Using MEDLINE to search for evidence. Appendix 2: Some further sources of information and resources that facilitate evidence-based practice. Index