TY - JOUR
T1 - Canadian Association of General Surgeons and American College of surgeons evidence based reviews in surgery. 23. ASCO recommended guidelines for sentinal lymph node biopsy for early-stage breast cancer
AU - Neumayer, Leigh
AU - Meterissian, Sarkis
AU - McMasters, Kelly
AU - McKenzie, Marg
N1 - Funding Information:
The Canadian Association of General Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons jointly sponsor a program entitled “Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery (EBRS),” which is supported by an educational grant from ETHICON and ETHICON ENDO SURGERY, both units of Johnson & Johnson Medical Products, a division of Johnson & Johnson, and ETHICON INC. and ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. divisions of Johnson & Johnson Inc. The primary objective of this initiative is to help practising surgeons improve their critical appraisal skills. During the academic year, 8 clinical articles are chosen for review and discussion. They are selected not only for their clinical relevance to general surgeons but also because they cover a spectrum of issues important to surgeons, for example, causation or risk factors for disease, natural history or prognosis of disease, how to quantify disease (measurement issues), diagnostic tests and the early diagnosis of disease, and the effectiveness of treatment. A methodological article is supplied that guides the reader in critical appraisal of the clinical article. Both methodological and clinical reviews of the article are performed by experts in the relevant areas and posted on the EBRS website. As well, a listserv discussion is held where participants can discuss the monthly article. Members of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons can access Evidence-Based Reviews in Surgery through the Canadian Association of General Surgeons website ( www.cags-accg.ca ) or the American College of Surgeons website ( www.facs.org ). All journal articles and reviews are available electronically through the EBRS website. We also have a library of past articles and reviews that can be accessed at any time. Surgeons who participate in the monthly packages can obtain Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Maintenance of Certification credits and/or continuing medical education credits for the current article only by reading the monthly articles, participating in the listserv discussion, completing the monthly online evaluation and answering the online multiple choice questionnaire. For further information about EBRS, the reader is directed to the CAGS or ACS wesite or should email the administrator, Marg McKenzie, at [email protected] .
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/37349036911
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/37349036911#tab=citedBy
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:37349036911
SN - 0008-428X
VL - 50
SP - 482
EP - 484
JO - Canadian Journal of Surgery
JF - Canadian Journal of Surgery
IS - 6
ER -