EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE RESOURCES FOR MIDWIFERY



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CONTENTS

 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES


  • Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews
  • MEDLINE PubMed
    Clinical Queries
    A specialized search window of Medline that uses filters based on EBM principles.
  • TRIP Database
    The TRIP Database searches over 55 sites of high-quality medical information. The TRIP Database gives you direct, hyperlinked access to the largest collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web as well as articles from on-line journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM etc.
 

FULL-TEXT ONLINE JOURNALS

See related page: Full-text Journal Articles

 

GUIDELINES

See related page: Guidelines

 

CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTERS

See Cochrane's clinical trials registry.

Also see NIH's ClinicalTrials.gov


STRUCTURED ABSTRACTS

Searchable databases of articles that abstract or review selected research studies in accordance with EBM principles.

  • American College of Physicians Journal Club
    More than 100 journals are reguarly monitored for research articles of interest to clinicians. Selected articles are abstracted according to structured criteria.
  • National Library for Health
    Search multiple EBM resources. "Our aim is to provide clinicians with access to the best current know-how and knowledge to support healthcare-related decisions."
  • Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE)
    You can access this database from within the Cochrane Library of databases
 

PRINTED RESOURCES

These resources are available in the SMS library.

  • Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (David L. Sackett and others, 1997)
  • EBHC Notebook
    Selected articles from midwifery and obstetrics journals. This notebook is shelved above the reserve shelf.
 

EVALUATION OF RESOURCES


  • Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit -- University of Alberta
    Worksheets for evaluating various types of articles and User's Guides to the Medical Literature (separate guides on how to use articles about therapy, diagnosis, prognosis, harm (causation), clinical practice guidelines, and systematic reviews.)
  • Levels of Evidence and Grades of Recommendations
    A concise chart of the types of research methodologies best suited for various types of clinical questions.
  • DISCERN
    a brief questionnaire which assists users with assessing the quality of written information on treatment choices for a health problem. The instrument can also be used by authors and publishers of information on treatment choices as a guide to the standard which users are entitled to expect.
  • ACP Journal Club criteria for article selection

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