About this course

1. About EBVM Learning

3.2 Glossary

2. What is EBVM?

4. The development of EBVM

5. Why is EBVM important?

5.1 Information overload

5.2 How does EBVM apply to Quality Improvement?

6. Challenges of EBVM

7. What is helping to address EBVM challenges?

6. Example scenarios using the PICO format

2. Acquiring evidence

3.1 Secondary sources

3.2 Evidence syntheses

3.4 Bibliographic databases

3.5 Internet search tools

4. How do I access the evidence?

4.2 For vets in practice

5. How do I search for the evidence?

5.7 Refining your search

5.8 Citation searching

6.2 Sharing a search for publication

6.3 Reference management tools

9. References

3.1. How to read a paper

4.1 What is the study type (or design)?

5.2 Critical appraisal and appraisal toolkits

5.3 Other sources of bias

3.1 Consider the individual circumstances of your clinical scenario

3.2 Sharing evidence with your clients

4. Developing clinical practice guidelines and protocols

3.2 Assess as part of clinical governance

5. Clinical audit as a quality improvement tool

6. Clinical audit in the veterinary world

6.1 Where to start in clinical audit

6.3 Setting audit aims and objectives

6.4 Defining audit criteria/standards

7. Beyond clinical audit - alternative ways to assess

10. References

1. Continuing your EBVM journey