Getting started with EBVM
We will be using The Five Steps of EBVM from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) as our main text for this segment of Professional Skills. Please begin by registering for a free account. The sections linked below will step you through the foundational concepts and history of Evidence Based Veterinary, learning how to ask a good question, learning where to look, and deciding if what you find can answer your questions.
The sections
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IntroductionThis section defines EBVM, discuss its implementation, and identify some of the primary challenges to adopting it in professional practice
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AskHere you will learn about the types of clinical questions and how to develop one using the PICO framework
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AcquireEBVM is based on the best available evidence. Topics covered in this section include what types of sources are most likely to be readily accessible and how to turn your PICO question into a viable search. including Boolean operators and choosing appropriate keywords.
Levels of Evidence
Veterinary medicine has fewer filtered resources than some other practitioner fields. Therefore, we often rely on sources that appear on a lower level of the evidence pyramid.
