Evidence Based Resources

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Evidence Summaries

ACP PIER: The Physicians' Information and Education Resource
American College of Physicians.

Advisory Board Company (US)
How to access the site (WA Health intranet link)
The Advisory Board gathers data from its US and international membership to publish news services, major studies and customised research briefs on progressive management and clinical practices in health care.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US)
Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) reports.

Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute
Evidence based summaries for nurses.

Clinical Evidence

Cochrane Library
Systematic reviews.

Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
Summaries of systematic reviews which have met strict quality criteria.

DynaMed
Evidence summaries.

Evidence Based Medicine (Journal)
Primary care and internal medicine.

EvidenceUpdates from the BMJ Evidence Centre and McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit
Registration [free] is required to use the site

JBI Connect
Evidence-based resources and tools for nursing and allied health.

Joanna Briggs Institute
Nursing and midwifery practice guidelines.

NHS Evidence
A meta-search of authoritative clinical and non-clinical evidence and best practices from the UK NHS.

OT CATS (Australia)
Critically appraised topics and papers focusing on occupational therapy interventions.

OTSeeker (Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence)
Occupational therapy.

PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database)
Physiotherapy.

SUMSearch
Search evidence-based resources.

TRIP Database (Turning Research into Practice)
Search evidence-based resources.

UpToDate (onsite access at PMH only)

Appraisal Tools

CASP - Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
Developed by CASP to help the process of critically appraising articles.

Duke University – Critical Appraisal Worksheets
Worksheets to help with the process of critically appraising articles.

Education

Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health (UK)
Educational resources for evidence-based child health care.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (UK)
Promotes evidence-based health care through education and support. EBM tools include critical appraisal worksheets.

Centre For Evidence Based Practice Australasia

Center for Health Evidence (Canada)
Includes JAMA evidence-based practice user guides.

Duke University EBM Tutorial (US)
Online tutorial with examples of using critical appraisal tools.

EBP for Busy Clinicians Workbook (Australia)
Workbook on finding evidence-based answers to clinical questions. Centre for Clinical Effectiveness, Melbourne.

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