Cockcroft / Holmes Handbook of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-68054-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

The application of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) canassist in improving and optimising the diagnosis, prognosis,control, treatment and ultimately the welfare of animals. It canalso provide the user with a methodology for appropriate, patientorientated life-long, self-directed, learning. To practiseevidence-based veterinary medicine we require a range of skillsthat we may not have.
This book explains what evidence-based veterinary medicine isand shows how it can be applied to veterinary practice to improvethe quality of care for patients and provide informed choices forowners. It provides the reader with a toolkit of skills necessaryto practise evidence-based veterinary medicine.
This book is aimed at practitioners but will be of interest toveterinary surgeons at any stage of their training or careerwishing to learn about EBVM.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cockcroft, Peter

Holmes, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction.
2. Turning Information Needs into Questions.
3. Sources of Information.
4. Searching for Evidence.
5. Research Studies.
6. Appraising the Evidence.
7. Diagnosis.
8. Clinical Diagnostic Decision Support (CDDSSs).
9. Decision Analysis, Models and Economics as Evidence.
10. EBVM: Education and Future Needs.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Answers to Review Questions.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

The authors are responsible for devising and teaching an EBVMcourse at the veterinary school at Cambridge.
Dr Peter Cockcroft, Clinical lecturer, Department of ClinicalVeterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.
Dr Mark Holmes, Senior lecturer in Preventive VeterinaryMedicine, Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University ofCambridge.