This page with its set of links is designed for clinicians who want to incorporate the best available evidence-based resources with their own personal skills and expertise.
The ultimate result hoped for is in the improvement for the care of their patient.
(get started by clicking on the specific area of interest listed directly below)
ACP PIER & AHFS DI Essentials - 2011 --- STAT!Ref (use your STAT-Ref! login for access)
ACP PIER is a collection of over 400 evidence summaries published by the American College of Physicians. Topics selected by ACP for this Point-of-Care Tool are based upon prevalence in clinical settings.PubMed
Search from over 18 million citations in the life sciences back to 1948. Choose the Clinical Queries option in the blue column on the left-hand side to use these special comprehensive search strategies:
Clinical Study Categories | Systematic Reviews
Another option is the Clinical Guidelines subset under the Limits Tab found near the top of the PubMed page
EBM Glossary
Bandolier provides links to definitions for the jargon words often used in medicine and the numbers and statistics used to describe it. The glossary includes terms used in epidemiology, in clinical trials, in diagnosis, in statistics, and in health economics.Statistical Terms in EBM
New York Online Access to Health has provided a list of resources and sites that link to information helping you understand statistical terms in EBM.Tools for Each Step of the EBM Process
The Centre for Evidence-based Medicine has created a five-step approach to EBM starting from asking focused questions to evaluating the performance of the evidence.
ACP Journal Club 1998 - present --- STAT!Ref (use your STAT-Ref! login for access)
Comprises the cumulative electronic contents of ACP Journal Club's bimonthly print edition with recurrent weeding of out-of-date articles. The content is carefully selected from over 100 clinical journals through reliable application of explicit criteria for scientific merit, followed by assessment of relevance to medical practice by clinical specialists.Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Evidence-Based Practice Resources
These have been created to inform and develop coverage decisions, quality measures, educational materials and tools, and guidelines in clinical decision-making.Bandolier
Information comes from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomised trials, and from high quality observational studies through PubMed and the Cochrane Library searches in addition to large epidemiological studies.Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Established in Oxford England whose broad aim is to promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them.Cochrane Reviews
Published on a quarterly basis it consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases providing high quality information to people who provide and receive care and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. Search abstracts of Cochrane Systematic Reviews free-of-charge.Core Library for Evidence Based Practice
Links to full-text documents on all aspects of Evidence Based Practice.Decisional Analysis and Statistics
Find information on over 45 tests and performance measures utilized in clinical medicine that all including references; some with tables.Dr. Chris Cates' EBM Web Site
This site is an attempt to share some of Dr. Cates' experiences that he has gained as a GP in Hertfordshire and a reviewer with the Cochrane Collaboration.Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center
The New York Academy of Medicine in partnership with the Evidence-based Medicine Committee of the American College of Physicians, New York Chapter has developed an Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center. The web site contains references, bibliographies, tutorials, glossaries, and on-line databases to guide those embarking on teaching and practicing evidence-based medicine.Evidence-Based Practice Resources
Here you will find a well-maintained and frequently updated list from McMaster University health Sciences Library, Ontario, Canada.Evidence-Based On-Call
This database is designed for hospital clinicians who want to integrate the best available evidence with their own personal skills and expertise to improve the care of their patients. Each topic covered in Evidence-based On Call provides a series of recommendations about issues to consider when caring for your patients.Netting the Evidence
Intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizations and useful learning resources on the Internet, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals.
ConsultGeriRN.org Evidence-Based Geriatric Tools
ConsultGeriRN.org is an online resource for nurses in clinical and educational settings providing evidence-based geriatric clinical nursing tools.EBP: Evidence-Based Practice
(from the University of Washington)Evidence Based Nursing
(from the University of North Carolina)Evidence-Based Nursing: Guides & Tools
(from McGill University Health Centre)Evidence-Based Practice Resource Area (EBPRA)
(from the Oncology Nursing Society)Resources for Evidence-Based Nursing
(from McMaster University)Understanding Medical Information (Evidence-based Medicine)
(from NOAH: New York Online Access to Health)
BestBETs
BestBETs provides evidence-based answers to very specific clinical problems, using the best available evidence.SUMSearch
SUMSearch is a unique method of searching for medical evidence by using the Internet. SUMSearch combines meta-searching and contingency searching in order to automate searching for medical evidence.TRIP : Turning Research Into Practice Database
The TRIP Database searches over 55 sites of high-quality medical information providing hyperlinked access to the largest collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web as well as articles from peer-reviewed journals and 'other' publications.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Clinical Practice Guidelines
Formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research developed statements and recommendations to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical conditions.Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry - Topics Based
The Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry, established in 1995, is an independent body whose aim is to promote the teaching, learning, practice and evaluation of evidence-based dentistry world-wide. Navigate the site by using the buttons near the top of the page.Clinical Evidence
Here is one of the world's most authoritative medical resources for informing treatment decisions and improving patient care.National Comprehensive Cancer Network Practice Guidelines in Oncology by Cancer Site
These guidelines, developed as algorithms, encompass 95% of the tumors encountered in oncology practices. Each individual guideline is posted with its latest update date and version number. Free registration required.National Guideline Clearinghouse
Produced in collaboration by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), American Medical Association (AMA) and American Association of Health Plans (AAHP).New Zealand Guideline Group
Promotes effective delivery of health and disability services all based on evidence-based medicine.OTseeker
From the University of Queensland (Australia), the OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions. Use the Tabs at the top to navigate the site.Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
UCSF School of Medicine presents a searchable listing of on-line guidelines grouped by clinical content with index.
Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health (CEBMH) Workshop Presentations
The Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health (CEBMH) provides the opportunity to download a variety of powerpoint presentations to assist in the understanding of EBM.Evidence Based Medicine: Finding the Best Clinical Literature
This guide from Jo Dorsch at the University of Illinois-Chicago has been designed to assist health care professionals and students become effective and efficient users of the medical literature.Evidence Based Practice Tutorial for Nurses
The tutorial from Penn State University will show the steps in conducting EBP.Evidence-Based Practice: An Interprofessional Tutorial
The University of Minnesota presents a step-by-step critical process for formulating strategies for Evidence-Based Practice.Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
This tutorial from the medical libraries at Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina is intended for anyone who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine.Quality Filtering and Evidence-Based Medicine and Health
A self-study tutorial produced by NICHR offering an overview of the different types of research studies and their uses, strengths and weaknesses. Key points surrounding quality filtering and Evidence-Based Medicine and Health are also presented.Users' Guides Interactive (use the JAMA login for access)
Through our subscription with online access to JAMA, you have access to this site containing the entire contents of the first edition of the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. This content is interactive with dynamic tips, worksheets, calculators, and illustrative clinical cases. New interactive features are added continually. A username and password is required and obtainable from any library staff member.