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:

  • 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

• • Booth, A. (2006). Clear and present questions: formulating questions for evidence based practice. Library hi tech, 24(3), 355-368.

  • Booth, A., O'Rourke, A. J., & Ford, N. J. (2000). Structuring the pre-search reference interview: a useful technique for handling clinical questions. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 88(3), 239–246.

  • Cooke, A., Smith, D., & Booth, A. (2012). Beyond PICO: the SPIDER tool for qualitative evidence synthesis. Qualitative health research, 22(10), 1435–1443. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732312452938 

  • Richardson, W. S., Wilson, M. C., Nishikawa, J., & Hayward, R. S. (1995). The well-built clinical question: a key to evidence-based decisions. ACP journal club, 123(3), A12–A13. 

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

  • Hirt, J., Nordhausen, T., Fuerst, T., Ewald, H., Appenzeller-Herzog, C., & TARCiS study group (2024). Guidance on terminology, application, and reporting of citation searching: the TARCiS statement. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 385, e078384. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-078384

  • Windish D. (2013). Searching for the right evidence: how to answer your clinical questions using the 6S hierarchy. Evidence-based medicine, 18(3), 93–97. https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2012-100995 

Appraising the Evidence

• • How to Read a Paper - A series of full text articles by Trisha Greenhalgh published in BMJ

  • Jackson, R., Ameratunga, S., Broad, J., Connor, J., Lethaby, A., Robb, G., Wells, S., Glasziou, P., & Heneghan, C. (2006). The GATE frame: critical appraisal with pictures. Evidence-based nursing, 9(3), 68–71. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.9.3.68 

  • 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

  • AMSTAR - Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) is a 37-item assessment tool used to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews

  • COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN)

  • 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 LM, Welch HG. Berkeley (CA): 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 T. How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, 4th Edition.  BMJ Books, 2010.

  • Guyatt G. Rennie D. Satya-Murti S. Users Guide to the Medical literature: A Manual for Evidence Based Clinical Practice. 3rd edition. McGraw-Hill, 2015.

  • Schwartz, M. D., Dowell, D., Aperi, J., & Kalet, A. L. (2007). Improving journal club presentations, or, I can present that paper in under 10 minutes. Evidence-based medicine, 12(3), 66–68. https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.12.3.66-a 

Systematic Reviews

• • Choi, A. R., Cheng, D. L., & Greenberg, P. B. (2019). Twelve tips for medical students to conduct a systematic review. Medical teacher, 41(4), 471–475. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1426847

  • Cochrane. (2025). Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. https://www.cochrane.org/authors/handbooks-and-manuals/handbook/current 

  • Dudden, R. F., & Protzko, S. L. (2011). The systematic review team: contributions of the health sciences librarian. Medical reference services quarterly, 30(3), 301–315. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763869.2011.590425 

  • JBI. (2024) JBI Manual for Evidence Synthesis. https://jbi-global-wiki.refined.site/space/MANUAL

  • Munn, Z., Stern, C., Aromataris, E., Lockwood, C., & Jordan, Z. (2018). What kind of systematic review should I conduct? A proposed typology and guidance for systematic reviewers in the medical and health sciences. BMC medical research methodology, 18(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-017-0468-4 

  • Rethlefsen, M. L., Murad, M. H., & Livingston, E. H. (2014). Engaging medical librarians to improve the quality of review articles. JAMA, 312(10), 999–1000. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2014.9263 

Reviewed: 03/10/2025