This course is designed to teach evidence-based medicine (EBM) and information literacy skills that will enable veterinary professionals to conduct critical searches and evaluations of existing literature to improve patient care. Topics include advanced literature searches, developing PICO (Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) questions, overview of clinical study design, evaluating existing clinical guidelines, critically analyzing and synthesizing research articles using the GRADE criteria, and integrating evidence into practice.
Semester Offered
Fall