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Definitions & Skills

Definition

The conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.

Skills Required to Practice Evidence Based Clinical Practice

• Define a focused clinical question
• Efficiently search for best information to answer question
• Search Strategies in Appendix
• Appraise evidence
• Extract clinical message
• Apply information to one's patients

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