Evidence Based Medicine

Week 2 - Discussion 2

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.
 

Evidence   Based Medicine

 A knowledge based clinical decision support system contains the rules and associations of compiled data. The knowledge base is derived through a process of translational research in which knowledge from scientific discoveries is translated into clinical applications. This evidence based knowledge is then converted into a format understandable by computers. One such knowledge base is PubMed Central.  PubMed Central (PMC) is a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM). 

• Explore this resource using the search term “Evidence      based medicine in health care”.
• Find two articles that interest you that were published      within the last two years. Summarize these articles in your discussion      post.
• Explore the PubMed Central website .  Identify a      minimum of two other resources from the site that would be beneficial in      your future career .

Guided response: Your initial post should be a minimum of 200-250 words.

• Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources, excluding      the textbook.
• Sources should be cited in APA format, as outlined in      the Ashford Writing Center.
• You must respond to at least two of your classmate’s      posts by Day 7.
• Your three required posts must be on three different      days of the week. 
• After reading other initial posts, identify a journal      that would be beneficial to your future career and why. 

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your discussion.