Evidence-Based Practice   

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) (KT Clearinghouse)
• Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (Duke University)

• Essential Evidence Plus - $
  
• Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit (University of Alberta)
  
• EBM Tools (Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, University of Oxford)
• Free Tools for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (EvidenceUpdates)
• JAMAevidence - $
• The Pharmacist's Guide to Evidence-Based Medicine for Clinical Decision Making (StatRef)

• EvidenceUpdates (McMaster University, registration required)
• Knowledge Translation+ (KT+) (McMaster University, registration required)
• McMaster PLUS (McMaster University)
• Nursing+ (McMaster University, registration required)
• OBESITY+ (McMaster University, registration required)

• Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF)
• Centre for Evaluation of Medicines (CEM) (McMaster University, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton)
  
• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM) (University of Oxford)
• Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health (CEBMH) (University of Oxford)
• Evidence Based Nursing
  
• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
• Mythbusters (Canadian Health Services Research Foundation)
• Truthful Prescription Drug Advertising and Promotion (Bad Ad Program) - FDA

Individual Journal Articles   

CMAJ: Series published in 2004-2005 (Full series available online)

• Wyer PC et al. Tips for learning and teaching evidence-based medicine: introduction to the series. CMAJ. 2004 Aug 17;171(4):347-8.

For learners:

• Barratt A et al. Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 1. Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat. CMAJ. 2004 Aug 17;171(4):353-8.
• Montori VM et al. Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 2. Measures of precision (confidence intervals). CMAJ. 2004 Sep 14;171(6):611-5.
• McGinn T et al. Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic). CMAJ. 2004 Nov 23;171(11):1369-73.
• Hatala R et al. Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 4. Assessing heterogeneity of primary studies in systematic reviews and whether to combine their results. CMAJ. 2005 Mar 1;172(5) : 661-5
• Montori V et al. Tips for learners of evidence-based medicine: 5. The effect of spectrum of disease on the performance of diagnostic tests. CMAJ. 2005 Aug 16;173(4)

• Barratt A et al. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: 1. Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat. CMAJ. 2004 Aug 17;171(4)
  
• Montori VM et al. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: 2. Confidence intervals and p values. CMAJ. 2004 Sep 14;171(6)
• McGinn T et al. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: 3. Understanding and calculating kappa. CMAJ. 2004 Nov 23;171(11)
• Hatala R et al. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: 4. Assessing heterogeneity of primary studies in systematic reviews and whether to combine their results. CMAJ. 2005 Mar 1;172(5)
• Montori V et al. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: 5. The effect of spectrum of disease on the performance of diagnostic tests. CMAJ. 2005 Aug 16;173(4)

Recommended Texts   

• Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials (Fletcher & Fletcher, 4th ed. 2005) - $
• Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (Straus et al. 3rd ed. 2005) - $
• How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine (Greenhalgh, 4th ed. 2010) - $
• Making Sense of Critical Appraisal (Ajetunmobi, 2002) - $
• PDQ Epidemiology (Streiner & Norman, 3rd ed. 2009) - $
• PDQ Evidence-Based Principles and Practices (McKibbon & Wilczynski, 2nd ed. 2009) - $
• User's Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (Guyatt et al. 2nd ed. 2003) - $

Locating Evidence Concerning Therapy for Clinical Decision Making*   

• A computerized knowledge base linked to an electronic patient record
  

•  ACP PIER - $
•  Clinical Evidence - $
•  DynaMed - $
•  e-Therapeutics - $
• UpToDate - $

• Bandolier
• Rx Files
  
• Therapeutics Letter: Evidence Based Drug Therapy
• Academic Detailing Service (Dalhousie University)

•  ACP Journal Club - $
• Bandolier
• Evidence-Based Medicine - $
• Evidence-Based Mental Health - $
• Evidence-Based Nursing - $
  

• ACP Journal Club PLUS (ACP membership required)
  
• The Campbell Library (Effects of social interventions)
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
•  Cochrane Library (Subscription required; can freely browse abstracts and summaries of systematic reviews)
•  Embase (Use Advanced Limits: Evidence Based Medicine: Systematic Review) - $
  
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
  
• Nursing+ (McMaster University)
  
•  PubMed (Use Clinical Queries: Systematic Reviews OR use Limits: Subsets: Topics: Systematic Reviews)

•  ACP Journal Club - $
• Bandolier
• Evidence-Based Medicine - $
• Evidence-Based Mental Health - $
• Evidence-Based Nursing - $

• ACP Journal Club PLUS (ACP membership required)
•  Embase (Use Advanced Limits: Evidence Based Medicine) - $
• EvidenceUpdates (McMaster University, registration required)
• Nursing+ (McMaster University, registration required)
•  PubMed (Use Clinical Queries: Clinical Studies Categories OR use Limits: Type of Article)
• TRIP Database - $

$ - Resource is not freely available on the Internet
links to electronic resource available online for Dal-affiliated persons