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Evidence‐based veterinary medicine 3. Appraising the evidence
Author(s) -
Holmes Mark,
Cockcroft Peter
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.26.3.154
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , evidence based medicine , scientific evidence , medicine , alternative medicine , veterinary medicine , pathology , epistemology , political science , law , philosophy
THE final article of this three‐part series discusses a key skill required for the practice of evidence‐based veterinary medicine (EBVM) ‐ the ability to appraise the evidence presented in scientific papers. Having identified information needs and searched for evidence ‐ processes discussed in Parts 1 and 2 ‐ the clinician needs to evaluate the usefulness of the evidence by asking questions such as, 'Is it true?' and 'Is it relevant to my patient?'. Clearly, an understanding of study design and methods of analysing the results is required in order to determine the validity and relevance of clinical studies.