Evidence-Based Practice

Find the Evidence

• Evidence-Based Practice Resources
  table of EBP resources including full-text and UW availability

• TRIP Database
• SUMSearch

• Cochrane Library
• PubMed Clinical Queries using Research Methodology Filters
• Campbell Collaboration Library

• BMJ Clinical Evidence
• DynaMed
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Evidence Reports
• AHRQ Preventive Services (includes USPSTF)

• ACP Journal Club 1996-
• Bandolier 1994-
• BestBETs
• POEMs

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• PubMed

Evidence Calculators

• Levels of Evidence
• Pre-Test Probability
• Likelihood Ratios
• Numbers Needed to Treat
• All-Purpose 2x2 Table Analyzer
• CEBM Stats Calculator
  Calculators for diagnostic tests, prospective studies, case-control studies, RCTs.
• SpPins and SnNouts
• EBM Tools
  NHS Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
• CEBM Critical Appraisal Sheets
• Evidence-Based Medicine Tool Kit
  University of Alberta

EBP Statistics

• Basic Statistics for Clinicians
  CMAJ 1995
• BMJ Collected Resources on Statistics and Research Methods
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse
  Public repository for evidence-based quality measures and measure sets, sponsored by AHRQ.

EBP Research Centers

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Centre for Evidence-Based Research
• Cochrane Collaboration
• Health Information Research Unit (HIRU)
• ScHARR School of Health and Related Research
• University of York. NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination

Learn about EBP

• EBM for UW Medicine Interns
• UW Family Medicine's Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial
• Introduction to Information Mastery
  Web-based introductory course. Michigan State University.
• Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial
  Introduction to process of EBM. Duke University Medical Center and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

EBP Literature

• Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary
  NHS Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
• Evidence-Based Medicine: What it is and what it isn't
  article based on BMJ editorial (BMJ 1996; 312: 71-2)
• How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine
  BMJ series by T. Greenhalgh
• JAMA Users' Guides to the Medical Literature Requires UWNetID
  (Evidence-Based Practice on InfoShare)
• Users' Guides to the Medical Literature : Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice / the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group
  (American Medical Association) 1st edition (2002). Click on "Access UGI" to begin.