About Resources for EBP
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Drug Databases
Databases for Finding Literature
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When full text is not available electronically, please consider using interlibrary loan to obtain full text. This is a free service for all UI affiliates.
Resources for Teaching EBP
- EBM ResourcesCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine Toronto
- Evidence Based Medicine Teaching MaterialsDartmouth Biomedical Libraries
- McMaster Teaching DemosVideos demonstrating interactive teaching approach on likelihood ratios, odds ratios, and prognostic imbalances.
Point of Care Tools for Finding Evidence
- BMJ Best Practice This link opens in a new windowBest Practice has been designed and built from the ground up for use specifically as a decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion are combined in a single source and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Provides a second opinion, without the need for checking multiple resources.
- Cochrane Clinical Answers This link opens in a new window"Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs) provide a readable, digestible, clinically focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane systematic reviews. They are designed to be actionable and to inform decision making at the point of care. Each Cochrane Clinical Answer contains a clinical question, a short answer, and an opportunity to ‘drill down’ to the evidence from relevant Cochrane reviews."
- DynaMed This link opens in a new windowDynaMed Plus (Dynamic Medical Information System) is a quick and easy-to-use medical reference system designed for use at the point of care. It contains clinically organized summaries of thousands of topics and is updated several times daily from review of the research literature. Providing the most current, unbiased, evidence-based information to enable physicians to help them provide the best care possible to their patients, DynaMed is a useful resource in clinical, educational and research settings.
- UpToDate This link opens in a new windowUpToDate is a practical clinical information service designed to provide instant access to just the information you need. It is written by a recognized faculty of experts who each address a specific clinical issue. They synthesize the latest evidence and best practices and provide detailed recommendations. [Access to UpToDate is co-funded by the Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.]
Resources for Learning about EBP
- CMAJ Evidence-Based Medicine SeriesThis series of articles was published between 2004 and 2006 and covered topics including tips for learners of EBM and challenges for instructors.
- Construct Well Build Clinical QuestionsUniversity of Washington
- Formulating Answerable Clinical QuestionsCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Toronto.
- How to Read a Paper (2000)Hardin has the 2010 edition in print, on 4th floor of library. Call number: R118.6 .G74 2010
- How to Read a Paper: Papers that Report Diagnostic or Screening TestsBritish Medical Journal
- JAMAevidence This link opens in a new windowIncludes text of two books (Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice and The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis), education guides, glossary, calculators, worksheets, question wizards, weekly RSS feed of featured JAMA articles, compiled clinical scenarios, podcasts, and user-level customization features.
