CHRIS BAUMERT, MD MONTANA FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY 2/25/15 PURLs Journal Club.
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RRC Requirements
Residents must gain practical experience in data searching and grading, statistical methods, and application to practice
The training environment must be in compliance with evidence based medicine practice
Objectives of Journal Club
By end of residency, able to perform basic components of EBM critical appraisal of original research: Ask answerable questions Assess validity and relevance of the article Synthesize data Apply evidence to practice
Relevance & Validity
Relevance Clinically meaningful? Could it affect care of a patient population of interest?
Validity Appraise the Methods section
Study types Identifies all important studies for this question? Reasonable to combine studies?
Data Synthesis
Statistical significance Size of treatment effect Precision of treatment effect
Clinical significance CIs, NNT (or enough numbers to calculate)? Outcome meaningful?