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Evidence-based medicine

An improved format for journal clubs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Gilbody
Simon Gilbody*
Affiliation:
MRC Training Fellow in Health Services Research, NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO1 5DD, E-mail: RevDis@York.Ac.UK
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Abstract

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Evidence-based medicine is an approach to clinical training and practice that is increasing in popularity. When introduced into the journal club format, it provides an opportunity to integrate real clinical problems with critical evaluation of the psychiatric research literature. The principles of evidence-based medicine and the practicalities of its introduction into the Journal club format are described.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 11 , November 1996, pp. 673 - 675
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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