| Information on Evidence
Based Medicine
University
of Hertfordshire, UK – lists of references on theory
and methodology
http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/health/ebm.htm
Netting the Evidence: A ScHARR Introduction to
Evidence Based Practice on the Internet
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting/net.html
HealthWeb: Evidence Based Health Care
http://healthweb.org/browsecfm?subjectid=39
Resources
to help you practice Evidence Based Medicine
ACP (American College of Physicians)
Journal Club
- purpose is to select from the biomedical
literature articles that report original sutdies and
systematic reviews that warrant immediate attention
by physicians
http://www.acpjc.org/
Cochrane Library
- product of the Cochrane collaboration that is
made up of about 6000 members who hand search journals
in 19 countries and publish over 50 topic based reviews
http://www.update-software.com/Cochrane/default.htm
Bandolier
- Two physicians at Oxford who started the
"Pain Research" area and also work for the
Center for Evidence Based Medicine.
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/index.html
DARE (Databases of Abstracts of Reviews
of Effectiveness)
Brought to you by the National Health
Service, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination in the
UK; database of "high quality" reviews
http://nhscrd.york.ac.uk/darehp.htm
POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that
Matters) InfoRetriever
Started by four physician researchers who
still have active patient lists. Over 1000
brief synopses of relevant, valid articles in the
primary care literature; Cochrane abstracts; drug
info; clinical prediction rules, etc.
http://www.medicalinforetriever.com/
Sumsearch
Search interface brought to you by an MD and
a librarian at the University of Texas. The
one interface searched the NLM, DARE (see above) and
the National Guideline Clearinghouse all at the same
time. Very good interactive hints are given
while searching.
http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/searchform45.htm
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