The Evidence-Based Medicine Minute

Sumi Sexton: We're very excited for the return of the evidence-based medicine minute. What is sort? It stands for strength of recommendation taxonomy, a rating scale to evaluate quality and consistency of evidence in individual studies or bodies of evidence. You can find a complete guide to sort ratings online in our information for authors but here are just a few tips. Most guidelines, most clinical guidelines are actually C ratings,. except for guidelines like the USPSTF guidelines which are based on rigorous reviews of the evidence.