Interpretation of the literature.
To remain clinically competent, you must read! Continued clinical effectiveness is learning how to decide when your current diagnostic and management maneuvers are no longer good enough and need to be changed! The evidence for obstetric and gynecologic practice is growing exponentially (it is about time!) and it is time that we, the clinicians, offer our patients the benefits of incorporating that evidence into practice. Interpretation of the literature is one step along the way to the evaluation and practice of evidence-based medicine!
Dolan
M S
MS
Emory University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011897:Random Allocation; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018401:Sample Size