Internet Resources: Evidence-Based Medicine
Provided below is an assortment of links to evidence-based medicine resources. A brief paragraph from the site's website is included below the link to provide some background information.
If there are other sites you feel belong on these pages please e-mail jbowman@facs.org.
Bandolier
http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/learnzone.html
An independent journal about evidence-based healthcare. Pubmed and the Cochrane databases are scanned for interesting and coherent articles that are than summarized and published in the Bandolier with addition comments and brief recommendation.
Best Bets
http://www.bestbets.org/
BETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. BETs take into account the shortcomings of much current evidence, allowing physicians to make the best of what there is. Although BETs initially had an emergency medicine focus, there are a significant number of BETs covering cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care, and pediatrics.
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
http://www.ctfphc.org/
This website is designed to serve as a practical guide to health care providers, planners and consumers for determining the inclusion or exclusion, content and frequency of a wide variety of preventive health interventions, using the evidence-based recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)*.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Oxford
http://www.cebm.net/
Contains established levels of evidence as well as explanation of evidence-based medicine and searching tips.
Centre for Health Evidence
http://www.cche.net/usersguides/main.asp
The Centre for Health Evidence (CHE) is a multi-disciplinary initiative that brings universities, health organizations, and professional associations together. CHE supports the learning, teaching, and practice of evidence-based health care.
Evidence Base on Call
http://www.eboncall.org/
In this evidence compendia, you will find evidence-based summaries of 38 on-call medical conditions. Every recommendation links via a plus icon + to a short summary of the evidence which in turn link to one-page summaries (called CATs) of every article used via a cat icon.
Evidence-Based Decision Making
http://www.evidencebased.net/
website containing links to the following evidence based site categories: Evidence-based resources, Journal clubs, Health service resources, EB guidelines and pathways, and many others.
Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center
http://www.ebmny.org/
The Web Page contains references, bibliographies, tutorials, glossaries, and on-line databases to guide those embarking on teaching and practicing evidence-based medicine. It offers practice tools to support critical analysis of the literature and MEDLINE searching, as well as links to other sites that help enable evidence-based medical care.
Evidence-Based Medicine Journal
http://ebm.bmjjournals.com/
Copublished by the American College of Physicians and the British Medical Journal. The site contains full text summaries from all issues as well as six related sources. Also contains links to other evidence-based journals and resources.
Evidence-Based Practice Centers
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/epc/
Agency for Health Research and Quality provides 5 year contracts to institutions in the US and Canada to serve as Evidence-Based Practice Centers (EPC). The EPCs review all relevant literature on a variety of scientific topics as well as monitor the methodologies of current research. This site contains links to the EPCs as well as a long list of other EB sources.
NHS Learning and Development: Sources of Evidence
http://www.sph.nhs.uk/what-we-do/health-intelligence
The following is a guide to some of the publications, databases, web resources and organizations that may be useful in helping you to locate evidence-based health care information, compiled by librarians in the Health Libraries and Information Network (HeLIN) in the Oxford Deanery of the South East Region and CASP. This guide is not an attempt at a comprehensive list, but does hopefully point towards the main sources of evidence that exist in this area.
The Cochrane Library
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/mrwhome/106568753/HOME
An international network of individuals committed to "preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care". The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. It contains the following databases: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and The Cochrane Review Methodology Database.
Universities with Evidence-Based Medicine Resources
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/index.htm
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) was established in January 1994, and aims to provide research-based information about the effects of interventions used in health and social care.
The University of Alberta Library
http://www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/evidence/guide/index.cfm
A broad overview of resources for evidence-based practice. Resources include: finding books and reports, key textbooks and manuals, finding journals articles, evidence-based practice journals, evidence-based practice websites, sources for systematic reviews, meta-analysis, clinical practice guidelines, and resources for critically appraising health care literature.
Evidence-Based Tool Kit
http://www.ebm.med.ualberta.ca/ebm.html
Contains a set of tools (questions and worksheets) that will help the user analyze all different types of research articles. Contains links (http://www.cche.net/che/home.asp) to peer reviewed journals that focus on analyzing evidence-based medicine.
McMaster University
http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/resources/topic/eb/
Based at McMaster University this site contains a large amount of evidence-based healthcare information and related links.
ScHARR Netting the Evidence
http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/ir/netting/
Netting the Evidence is intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals.
The Ottawa Hospital
http://www.ottawahospital.on.ca/library/ebhc-e.asp
This site focuses on evidence based health care and has resources for the following areas: Clinical trials and systematic reviews, Cochrane Collaboration, Critical appraisal, Education resources, Guidelines, Health specialties, and Health technology assessment.
The University of Sheffield: Sheffield Evidence for Effectiveness and Knowledge
http://www.shef.ac.uk/library/services/nhsstaff.html
The Trent Research Information Access Gateway
http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/triage/
TRIAGE is the Trent Research and Development Support Unit's gateway to hundreds of websites containing teaching tools, tutorials, articles, and other educational materials relating to health research. This site is not intended to provide links to resources on specific medical topics, only on broad subject areas.
University of Hertfordshire
http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/health/ebm.htm
Excellent summary of the current available resources relating to evidence-based medicine. Resources include: Definitions, references, protocol and reviews in BMJ JAMA and the Lancet, journals, databases, evidence-based health Web resources, clinical guidelines, and much more. Contains many links to unique evidence-based medicine websites.
University of Rochester
http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/hslt/miner/selected_topics/
categories.cfm?category=EBMRES
Site contains a solid list of organizations, guides and tutorials, tools and search filters, systematic reviews, critically appraised topics, journals, and practice guidelines.
Online June 15, 2011