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Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the scientific methodology for evaluating the validity of research in clinical medicine and applying the results of this research to the care of individual patients and populations. It provides the rationale for the development of practice guidelines and health policy, and augments individual physician preference or experience with sound science.

These resources have been developed to help physicians and other health professionals integrate EBM into their treatment of older patients using the most recent, relevant and reliable information about geriatric care.

Journal Clubs
Each month, the Journal Club highlights several articles that have appeared in major medical journals and other publications related to internal medicine and geriatrics. A critically appraised paper (CAP) is developed by MSSM for each article. These CAPs:
  • Review the work's internal validity
  • Place the work in context of other known findings
  • Determine how large and precise the results are, and
  • Discuss the work's applicability to different types of geriatric patients
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Nurses Notes
Senior Advisor for the John A Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing, DeAnne Zwicker, MS, APRN, BC, wrote a series of columns called “Nurse’s Notes for Healthy Aging”. Drawing from her education and experience with older patients, Ms. Zwicker dispels some of the common “myths of aging” and replaces them with timely, factual, and practical information to help readers maintain a high quality of life as they age.
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Heart of the Matter
This section reviews some of the latest aging and health-related news stories and, most importantly, accompanies each one with evidence-based comments provided by MSSM to help you evaluate the information and its relevance.
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High Quality Studies
This list includes evidence-based medicine studies that meet the criteria established by the ACP Journal Club, a publication of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine.
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Other EBM Resources
Download white papers, reports, and other EBM resources related to aging and health issues plus links to other related websites.
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