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Medicine: EBM for General Practice: S1 and S2

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"Evidence-based, current clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), which are ‘‘systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances,’’ are also examples of ‘‘summary’’ level evidence (S2). A CPG should be based on comprehensive searches and appraisal of the literature (ideally current systematic reviews, if they exist), and each recommendation should be accompanied by levels of evidence." - Dicenso, A., Bayley, L., & Haynes, R. B. (2009). Accessing pre-appraised evidence: fine-tuning the 5S model into a 6S model. [Editorial]. Evidence-based nursing, 12(4), 99-101