Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
This is the premiere site for Evidence Based Medicine and is where it
first began.
Cochrane Library (available
to MCG users through Ovid)
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews includes the full text of
the regularly updated systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare
prepared by The Cochrane Collaboration, an international network of
individuals and institutions committed to preparing, maintaining, and
disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care.
Evidence-based
Filters for Ovid Medline and Ovid Nursing
These sites from the Miner Library at the University of Rochester gives
search strategies that can be used as filters to find "the best"
articles for answering a clinical problem.
EBM Glossary
From the Medical University of South Carolina. A glossary of terms
related to EBM, statistics, epidemiology, and clinical trials.
The EBM Toolbox
Specific tools and data include: pre-test probabilities, SnPins
and SnNouts, Likelihood Ratios, Numbers Needed to Treat, and Prognosis
from the Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine.
The EBM Tool Kit
This is a collection of tools from the university of Alberta for identifying
assessing, and applying relevant evidence for better health
care decisions. Includes clinical epidemiology definitions. a MEDLINE
glossary, synopses of the EBM Users’ Guides, EBM search strategies, and
worksheets to provide a structural approach to critical analysis.
Evidence
Based Health Care for Consumers
This site will assist health consumers in understanding the process
behind Evidence Base Medicine and aid in making evidence-based decisions.
Finding the
Best Clinical Literature
This guide from the University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health
Sciences-Peoria is designed to assist health care professionals and students
become effective and efficient users of the medical literature.
HealthWeb
Evidence Based Health Care
A page of links maintained by the Healthweb collaboration.
How to Read a Paper
This site contains summaries from a BMJ series of articles giving EBM tips for evaluating the findings of published papers.
Introduction to
Clinical Reasoning Home Page
From the Medical University of South Carolina. Information
includes EBM concepts such as odds ratios, confidence intervals, threshold
decision making; glossary of EBM terms, and clinical reasoning scenarios.
Master
Lists of Evidence Based Resources
A page of links maintained by the Miner Library, University of
Rochester Medical Center.
MCG Faculty
Development/Evidence Based Medicine
MCG's Department of Family Medicine link to EBM information as one of
their five core competencies for faculty development.
Users'
Guide to the Medical Literature
A series from JAMA on how to use research articles in caring for patients. Includes Letters, Clinical Scenario descriptions and links to
the working documents of the Users' Guide to Evidence Based Practice
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