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BEST Books on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM): For clinicians

a puzzle piece taken out of white wrinkled cut out of the outline of a human head. A mental health puzzle


Clinicians need recommendations for simple books that can help them learn how to read, understand, and interpret clinically-relevant research literature in order to practice what is called Evidence Based Medicine (EBM).


This famous book comes in two versions: a a briefer one called “Essentials” and the original, more detailed one.

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Third Edition

Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd Edition

by Gordon Guyatt MD, Drummond Rennie MD, Maureen O. Meade MD, Deborah J. Cook MD

Read on Kindle here.

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3E

Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 3rd Edition

by Gordon Guyatt MD, Drummond Rennie MD, Maureen O. Meade MD, Deborah J. Cook MD

Read on Kindle here.


How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine

How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine

by Trisha Greenhalgh

 

Recommended by Rajnish Mago, MD

Here’s another great book on how to read a paper, called (surprisingly) “How to read a paper.” It is also a classic. If a book is in its fifth edition, I guess it can be called a classic!


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