Evidence-Based Practice

Websites

Article Indexes

• ACP Journal Club
• Cochrane Library (subscription required; can freely browse abstracts and summaries of systematic reviews).
• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
• Institute for Clinical & Evaluation Sciences (ICES)
• TRIP Database – Turning Research Into Practice - $

  Evidence-Based Drug Information

• Bandolier
• British Columbia: Community Drug Utilization Program (BC CDUP)
• BMJ Best Treatments - $
• BMJ Clinical Evidence - $
• e-Therapeutics - $
• NPC - MeReC publications (Rapid Reviews/Extras/Bulletins)
• Rx Files
• Therapeutics Letter: Evidence Based Drug Therapy

  Health Technology Assessment

• Health Technology Assessment (section in the Drug Information Resources website)
• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
• CADTH - Common Drug Review
• NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 

Resources for Evidence-Based Learning, Teaching and Practice

• Centre for Evaluation of Medicines
• Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health (University of Oxford - Department of Psychiatry)
• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM - Oxford)
• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM - Toronto)
• EBM Tool Kit (University of Alberta)
• Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center
• Centre for Health Evidence: Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine
• Essential Evidence Plus (formerly InfoPOEMs/InfoRetriever)
• Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine (Duke University)
• Netting the Evidence
• Research & Clinical Based Resources for Evidence-Based Nursing (McGill University)
• User's Guide Interactive (An online tool to guide clinicians in the appraisal and application of evidence into their everyday practice)

Evidence-Based Decision Making

• Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF)
  • CHSRF: Conceptualizing and Combining Evidence
  • CHSRF: Mythbusters
  • CHSRF: Evidence Boost
  • CHSRF: Extra Program

Evaluating Natural Health Product Information

• Jurgens T, Whelan AM, Macdonald M, Lord L. Development and evaluation of an
  instrument for the critical appraisal of randomized controlled trials of natural
  products. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2009 Apr 23;9(1):11. 
• Dietary Supplements: Making Informed Decisions and Evaluating Information (FDA - Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition)
• Medline Plus: Evaluating Health Information
• Quackwatch

Clinical Trial Registers

• WHO - International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Search Portal

Journals and Newsletters

• ACP Journal Club
• Austrailia and New Zealand Health Policy
• BMC Health Services Research 
• Evidence-Based Medicine - $
• Evidence-Based Mental Health - $
• Evidence-Based Nursing - $
• Healthcare Management Review - $
• Healthcare Papers - $
• Healthcare Quarterly - $
• Health Services Management Research - $
• Journal of Health Services Research and Policy - $
• Medical Care Research and Review - $
• Milbank Quarterly - $
• Therapeutics Initiative: Evidence Based Drug Therapy
• Therapeutics Letter

Individual Journal Articles

Lancet: Series of Eleven Reviews Published in 2002 - $

• Grimes DA, Schulz KF. An Overview of Clinical Research: The Lay of the Land. Lancet. 2002 Jan 5;359(9300):57-61.
• Grimes DA, Schulz KF. Descriptive Studies: What they can and cannot do. Lancet. 2002 Jan 12;359(9301):145-9.
• Grimes DA, Schulz KF. Bias and Casual Associations in Observational Research. Lancet. 2002 Jan 19;359(9302):248-52.
• Grimes DA, Schulz KF. Cohort Studies: Marching Towards Outcomes. Lancet. 2002 Jan 26;359(9303):341-5.
• Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Case Control Studies: Research in Reverse. Lancet. 2002 Feb 2;359(9304):431-4.
• Schulz KF, Grimes DA.  Generation of Allocation Sequences in Randomised Control Trials: Chance not Choice. Lancet. 2002 Feb 9;359(9305):515-9.
• Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Allocation Concealment in Randomised Trials: Defending against deciphering. Lancet. 2002 Feb 16;359(9306):614-8.
• Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Blinding in Randomised Control Trials: Hiding who got what. Lancet. 2002 Feb 23;359(9307):696-700.
• Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Sample size slippages in Randomised Trials: Exclusions and the Lost and Wayward. Lancet. 2002 Mar 2;359(9308):781-5.
• Grimes DA, Schulz KF. Uses and Abuses of screening tests. Lancet. 2002 Mar 9;359(9309):881-4.
• Schulz KF, Grimes DA. Unequal Group Sizes in Randomised Trials: Guarding against Guessing. Lancet. 2002 Mar 16;359(9310):966-70.

  CMAJ: Ongoing Series Begun in August 2004

• Wyer PC et al. Tips for learning and teaching evidence-based medicine: introduction to the series. CMAJ. 2004 Aug 17;171(4):347-8.
• 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.
• 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) - only available online
• 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.
• Montori VM et al. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: 2. Measures of precision (confidence intervals). CMAJ. 2004 Sep 14;171(6) - only available online
• 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.
• McGinn T et al. Tips for teachers of evidence-based medicine: 3. Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic). CMAJ. 2004 Nov 23;171(11) - only available online
• 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
• 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) Only available online
• 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)
• 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) Only available online.

• Applied Drug Information: Strategies for Information Management (Millares - 1998) - $
• Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials (Norman, 3rd ed. - 2007) - $
• Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (Straus, 3rd ed. - 2005) - $
• Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials (Fletcher: 4th ed. - 2005) - $
• Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists - $
• Fundamentals of Clinical Trials (Friedman, 3rd ed. - 1998) - $
• Making Sense of Critical Appraisal (Ajetunmobi - 2002) - $
• PDQ Epidemiology (Streiner, 3rd ed. - 2009) - $
• PDQ Evidence-Based Principles and Practices (McKibbon, 2nd ed. - 2009) - $
• PDQ Statistics (Norman, 3rd ed. 2002) - $
• How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine (Greenhalgh, 3rd ed. - 2006) - $
• The Pocket Guide to Critical Appraisal: A Handbook for Health Care Professionals (Crombie, 1st ed - 1996) - $
• Statistics for Pharmacists (Li Wan Po) - $
• User's Guides: Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (Rennie - 2003) - $