Ocular Tumors in Animals and Humans

The application of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) canassist in improving and optimising the diagnosis, prognosis,control, treatment and ultimately the welfare of animals. It canalso provide the user with a methodology for appropriate, patientorientated life-long, self-directed, learning. To practiseevidence-based veterinary medicine we require a range of skillsthat we may not have. This book will explain what evidence-based veterinary medicineis and show how it can be applied to veterinary practice to improvethe quality of care for patients and provide informed choices forowners. It will provide the reader with a toolkit of skillsnecessary to practise evidence-based veterinary medicine. The authors explain how to: · Transform information needs into a series of clinicalquestions that can be answered · Search for best available external evidence · Critically appraise the evidence for its validity andimportance · Apply the results in clinical practice · Understand the process of diagnosis and use of clinicaldiagnostic decision support systems · Perform a decision analysis This book is aimed at practitioners but will be of interest toveterinary surgeons at any stage of their training or careerwishing to learn about EBVM. The authors are responsible for devising and teaching an EBVMcourse at the veterinary school at Cambridge. Dr Peter Cockcroft, Clinical lecturer, Department of ClinicalVeterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.