Table 1 Evidence-based medicine course curriculum
Topic and learning objectives | Faculty/teaching method/period |
|---|---|
Introduction | |
1. To describe the definition of EBM | EBM professor (LJW)/lecture/2 h/week |
2. To describe the objectives of learning EBM | |
3. To describe the principles of practicing EBM | |
4. To explain the 5-step model of practicing EBM | |
5.To outline the grading and recommendation of evidence. | |
Construct a relevant clinical problem | |
1. To become familiar with the background problems and the foreground problems | EBM professor (LJW)/conference /2 h/week |
2. To construct a foreground problem using PICO method regarding a specific therapy problem | |
3. To take excises of constructing relevant clinical problems | |
Search literatures | EBM professor (LJW)/Demonstration/ 2 h/week |
1. To become familiar with different study types, the best design of studies for answering clinical problems | |
2. To become familiar with the category of EBM resources and their strengths and weakness | |
3. To improve searching strategies for finding answers to clinical questions | |
Statistics terms of EBM | EBM professor (LJW)/Lecture/2 h/week |
1.To explain the meaning of relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction, and number needed to treat | |
2. To explain the meaning of sensitivity, specificity, and likelihood ratios and describe how to apply these concepts in clinical decision making | |
Assess evidence | EBM professor (LJW)/Conference/2 h/week |
1. To determine the relevance between the evidence and the clinical problem | |
2. To determine the validity of the evidence | |
3. To determine the magnitude and significance of the evidence | |
4. To consider patients’ values and perspectives when apply the evidence | |
Cases of practicing EBM | EBM faculty (LYH)/ small group discussion/2 h/week |
1. a case of hypertension | |
2. a case of neck pain | |
3. a case of breastfeeding | |