Critical Appraisal:

1. Trisha Greenhalgh. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, 3rd Edition. Blackwell Publishing Professional, January 2006.

Clinical Epidemiology:

1. Robert H Fletcher, Suzanne W Fletcher. Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials, 4th Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, March 2005.


2. R. Brian Haynes, et al. Clinical Epidemiology: How to Do Clinical Practice Research, 3rd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, September 2005.

Study Design & Biostatistics:

1. Geoffrey R. Norman, et al. Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials, 2nd Edition.B.C. Decker, July 2000.


2. Lawrence M. Friedman, et al. Fundamentals of Clinical Trials, 3rd Edition. Springer, December 1999.


3. Stephen B Hulley, et al. Designing Clinical Research: An Epidemiologic Approach , 2nd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, January 2001.

Evidence-Based Medicine:

1. Carl Heneghan, Douglas Badenoch. Evidence-based Medicine Toolkit, 2nd Edition. Blackwell Publishing Professional, April 2006.


2. Gordon Guyatt, Drummond Rennie. User's Guide to the Medical Literature: Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, 1st Edition. American Medical Association, August 2001.

Other Resources:

1. A Student's Guide to the Medical Literature


2. Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine (Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill)


3. Isaacs D. Fitzgerald D. Seven alternatives to evidence based medicine. BMJ. 319(7225):1618, 1999 Dec 18-25.


4. Clinicians for the Restoration of Autonomous Practice (CRAP) Writing Group. EBM: unmasking the ugly truth. BMJ. 325(7378):1496-8, 2002 Dec 21.