Evidence Based Medicine Thread in the College of Medicine Legacy Curriculum: HSC III & IV: Overview

This guide is focused on the evidence based medicine (EBM) class sessions within the Health Systems and Community (HSC) III & IV courses in the M2 year.

HSC III:

• Use an evidence-based medicine approach to answer clinical questions by identifying and evaluating relevant online and print information (primary literature, reference books, databases, journal articles, etc.).
• Describe how clinical research design and common statistical tests used in these studies: meta-analyses, systematic reviews, randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, cohort studies, descriptive studies, and qualitative studies affect the evaluation of literature.
• Evaluate the clinical literature to estimate the probability of drugs and treatments benefiting or harming patient populations.

HSC IV:

• Use statistics to answer clinical questions and prepare for the USMLE Step 1 exam.
• Critique and analyze clinical literature to estimate the probability of drugs and treatments benefiting or harming patient populations.
• Understand and describe complexities and deficiencies when critiquing medical literature
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