Evidence-Based Practice Resources: A Select List
- Agencies and Organizations
- Clinical Practice Guidelines and Protocols
- Databases
- Filters and Tools
- Pediatric-Specific Resources
- Tutorials and Guides
- Web Sites
Agencies and Organizations
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Toronto, Canada
- Centre for Health Evidence, Alberta, Canada
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, United Kingdom
- Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP), Oxford, United Kingdom
Databases
- ACP Journal Club - Published by American College of Physicians, this resource contains abstracts/comments of original studies & systematic reviews containing important advances in internal medicine.
- Clinical Evidence - (affilated users only) Contains the best available evidence on the effects of common clinical interventions, summarizing the current state of knowledge and uncertainty.
- Cochrane Library - (affiliated users only) Wiley Interscience
- Cochrane Reviews - Free abstracts
- CRD Databases / NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination - Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED), Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)
- TRIP Database - A searchable index to evidence-based medicine resources on the web, including premier on-line journals like BMJ. Although a fee is required, users are allowed 3 free searches.
Filters and Tools
- EBM Tools - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford
- Evidence-Based Medicine Tool Kit - University of Alberta
- Evidence-Based Filters for Medline (Ovid) (affiliated users only)
- Filters for Evidence-Based Medicine (Ovid) - Instructions for incorporating filters into Medline Ovid searches
- PubMed: Special Queries
Tutorials & Guides
- Basic Introduction to Evidence Based Practice Resources - University of Washington
- Evidence-Based Journal Club Resources - PedsCCM.org: The Pediatric Critical Care Website
- Evidence-Based Knowledge Portal - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Eskind Biomedical Library
- Evidence Based Medicine: Finding the Best Clinical Literature - Library of the Health Sciences-Peoria, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Evidence Based Medicine Glossary - Medical University of South Carolina
- Evidence Based Medicine Tutorial - Medical Research Library of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine - Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Navigating the Maze - Obtaining Evidence-Based Medical Information - University of Virginia Health Sciences Library
- Users' Guides Interactive - (affiliated users only--once on the page, click on Log In) An online tool to guide clinicians in the appraisal and application of evidence into their everyday practice. This is a joint project between the Centre for Health Evidence and JAMA & the Archives journals.
- Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice - Contains the complete set of Users' Guides originally published as a series in JAMA
Searching
- Finding Answers to Questions in Evidence-Based Medicine - Procedures for finding EBM sources on the Web
- Searching for the Best Evidence in Clinical Journals - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford, England
Appraising
- Evaluating the Literature: Quality Filtering and Evidence-Based Medicine and Health - National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology
Web Resources
- EBP Information Resources - Peg Allen
- HealthLinks: Evidence Based Practice - University of Washington