Description
The following resources provide resources and information on evidence-based practice. Resources are grouped according to the "4S" method as described in Haynes RB. Of studies, summaries, synopses, and systems: the "4S" evolution of services for finding current best evidence. Evid Based Nurs 2005;8:4-6. Read Article
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Levels of organization of evidence from research |
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Systems
Synopses
Syntheses
Studies
EBM tools |
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Systems:
Current best evidence-based information about specific problems
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Covers 16 subspecialties of internal medicine with references to the primary literature plus clinical essentials and normal lab values. Subspecialties: Cardiovascular Medicine, Dermatology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Immunology/Allergy, Infectious Disease, Interdisciplinary Medicine, Metabolism, Nephrology, Neurology, Oncology, Psychiatry, Respiratory Medicine, Rheumatology, Women's Health. |
Evidence-based point-of-care decision tool. Search/browse by diseaese, prevention & screening, ethics & practice guidelines for each topic. Download available for Palm PDAs.
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1000 concise primary care practice guidelines, 3000 evidence summaries, 1000 photographs and images, full text links to Cochrane reviews.
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192 evidence-based guidelines for specific interventions, written by nurse experts. Focus is on medical-surgical, critical care, and geriatric nursing interventions. |
Clinically-organized summaries for nearly 3,000 disease and conditions & 800 drugs. Download available for mobile devices. |
Global infectious disease knowledge management tool. It assists in diagnosing, treating and teaching about infectious diseases. It is also used for diagnosis and reference in the fields of tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology and antimicrobial chemotherapy. |
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Evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies, herbal supplements and integrative medicine.
Includes 'Comparative Effectiveness' grades for a variety of conditions. |
Clinical reference tool for rehabilitation clinicians, physical therapists, and occupational therapists. Includes evidence-based clinical reviews for diseases and conditions, exercise images and practice guidelines |
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Synopses
Summaries & commentaries of clinical research or systematic reviews
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Monthly series in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Structured abstracts of high-quality research articles from top medical journals highlighting their clinical value. Addresses study designs and methodologies. |
Evidence from a wide range of sources in dentistry, presenting clear, comprehensive and easily digestible summaries. |
Bimonthly journal surveying a wide range of international medical journals applying strict criteria for the quality and validity of research. Practicing clinicians assess the clinical relevance of the best studies. |
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Quarterly journal surveying a wide range of international medical journals. Clinicians assess the clinical relevance of the best studies & key details are presented in a succinct abstract with expert commentary |
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Syntheses
Systematic reviews & clinical practice guidelines
| Evidence-based and expert panel guidelines on respiratory care from the American Association for Respiratory Care. |
Evidence-based medicine and systematic reviews. Designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration |
Free, Web-based resource of full-text documents that provide health information and support health care decision making. Includes reports from AHRQ, USPSTF, AHCPR, Guide to Clinical Preventive Services, and more. |
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Comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
Specialized PubMed searches for clinicians. Search by clinical study category, find systematic reviews or conduct a medical genetics search. |
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Studies
Original research studies
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MEDLINE plus additional pharmacological and biomedical literature not indexed in PubMed. |
Comprehensive source for nursing & allied health journals. Limit to evidence-based practice or by clinical query. |
Systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy |
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Rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy |
Citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, technical reports, and dissertations in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines. |
Search over 16,000,000 biomedical journal abstracts from 1940-present. |
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Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries. Filter results by systematic reviews, evidence based synopses, guidelines, clinical questions, primary research, books and more. |
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EBM tools
Resources to expand your knowledge of evidence-based practice
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An online tool to guide clinicians in the appraisal and application of evidence into their everyday practice. |
Dr. David Sackett's editorial from BMJ that started it all. BMJ 1996;312:71-72 (13 January) |
Calculate predictive values, absolute risk reduction, number needed to treat, confidence intervals, interpret statistical significance with Bayesian p-values. |
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Series of articles by T. Greenhalgh for the British Medical Journal on the questions to ask and features to look for depending on the type of study design, as well as articles on "statistics for the non-statistician" and using the MEDLINE (PubMed) database. |
Self-paced tutorial on the process of evidence based medicine. From Duke University Medical Center Library. |
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