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Evidence‐based practice in sonography – making sense of diagnostic accuracy studies
Author(s) -
Milanese Steven,
Thoirs Kerry,
Grimmer Karen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sonography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2054-6750
pISSN - 2202-8323
DOI - 10.1002/sono.12032
Subject(s) - diagnostic accuracy , relevance (law) , clinical practice , medical practice , medical physics , medicine , radiology , medical education , nursing , political science , law
Background The first paper in this series explored the general philosophy of evidence‐based practice for sonographers. Aims This paper focuses on a specific type of research question that is of most relevance to the practice of sonography, the diagnostic accuracy study. Conclusion As users of the medical literature, it is important that sonographers are able to accurately read and critically review diagnostic accuracy studies.