EBP Resources
Cool Stuff from the workshop
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (Interactive tutorial from Duke University)
EBP musical videos from James McCormack on YouTube:
Kahoot.it - poll/quiz tool to use with teaching
Number Needed to Retrieve - a practicality useful measure of information retrieval
PubMed for Nurses - Tutorial from National Library of Medicine
EBP videos from Terry Shaneyfelt, MD on YouTube
Introduction
Evidence-based Answers to Clinical Questions for Busy Clinicians https://medicine.biu.ac.il/sites/medicine/files/shared/2145_ebp_workbook.pdf (PDF) - from the Centre for Clinical Effectiveness (CCE), Melbourne, Australia
Evidence Based Practice - Subject Guide (Duke University)
Asking the Clinical Question
Richardson WS. Wilson MC. Nishikawa J. Hayward RS. The well-built clinical question: a key to evidence-based decisions. ACP Journal Club. Nov-Dec 1995 123(3):A12-3
Booth A. Structuring the pre-search reference interview: a useful technique for handling clinical questions. Bull Med Libr Assoc. July 2000 88(3):239-246.
Finding the Evidence
Answering Clinical Questions in Real Time for Nursing - from the Library & Resource Center, St. Francis Medical Center, Peoria
Qualitative Research filters – from University of Washington
Windish D. Searching for the right evidence: how to answer your clinical questions using the 6S hierarchy. Evid Based Med. 2013 Jun;18(3):93-7. PubMed PMID: 23048189.
Smart Searching - Logical Steps to Building and Testing your Search Strategy. Flinders University
Appraising the Evidence
How to Read a Paper - A series of full text articles by Trisha Greenhalgh published in BMJ
The GATE frame: critical appraisal with pictures (RAMMbo) Jackson R. Evid Based Med. 2006 Apr;11(2):35-8
FRISBE worksheet for critical appraisal of therapy studies. Duke University
CASP - Critical AppraisalSkills Programme. Oxford UK
Risk Calculator - from Alan Schwartz at the University of Illinois, Chicago
CONSORT guidelines - The CONSORT Statement, which is an evidence-based, minimum set of recommendations for reporting RCTs
Know your chances: Understanding health statistics (Free Full Text) - Woloshin, S., Schwartz, L. M., & Welch, H. G., Berkeley: University of California Press (2008). Book written for health consumers in easy to understand language about understanding health statistics
Basic & Clinical Biostatistics. Beth Dawson. 3rd edition. New York: Lange Medical Books, 2001.
Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, 4th Edition. BMJ Books, 2010.
Guyatt, Gordon. Users Guide to the Medical literature: A Manual doe Evidence Based Clinical Practice. 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill, 2015.
Schwartz MD. Improving journal club presentations, or, I can present that paper in under 10 minutes. Evid Based Med. 2007 Jun;12(3):66-8. PMID: 17537877
Systematic Reviews
Rethlefsen ML. Engaging medical librarians to improve the quality of review articles. JAMA. 2014 Sep 10;312(10):999-1000. PubMed PMID: 25203078.
Dudden RF. The systematic review team: contributions of the health sciences librarian. Med Ref Serv Q. 2011;30(3):301-15.
Choi AR. Twelve tips for medical students to conduct a systematic review. Med Teach. 2018 Jan 23:1-5. PubMed PMID: 29361869.
Reviewed: 29 February 2024