LibGuides: Medicine: Evidence-based practice: EBP (1)

1. Studies (Synopses)

"As with the synopses of syntheses, the synopsis of a single study provides a brief, but often sufficiently detailed, summary of a high-quality study that can inform clinical practice." Dicenso, A., Bayley, L., & Haynes, R. B. (2009)

ACP Journal Club (subscribed resource) (EMB Reviews, OvidSP)
Consists of two journals ACP Journal Club and Evidence-Based Medicine
Evidence-based medicine (subscribed resource) - Electronic journal
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine (subscribed resource) - Electronic journal
Evidence-based dentistry (subscribed resource) - Electronic journal
Evidence-based mental health (subscribed resource) - Electronic journal
Evidence-based nursing (subscribed resource) - Electronic journal
International journal of evidence-based healthcare (subscribed resource) - Electronic journal
The NNT (open access)
"We are a group of physicians that have developed a framework and rating system to evaluate therapies based on their patient-important benefits and harms as well as a system to evaluate diagnostics by patient sign, symptom, lab test or study. We only use the highest quality, evidence-based studies (frequently, but not always Cochrane Reviews), and we accept no outside funding or advertisements."

1. Studies (Synopses) - other sites

Medscape (open access - free registration)

1. Studies (Filtered and unfiltered)

"The final stop for pre-appraised evidence, if there are no synopses of single studies, is the single original study." Dicenso, A., Bayley, L., & Haynes, R. B. (2009)

Ovid Databases (Medline, Embase, PsycInfo, etc.) (subscribed resources)
PubMed (open access)
PubMed Clinical queries (open access)
ACCESSSS (open access - free registration required)
ACCESSSS is a service to help provide current best evidence for clinical decisions. It conducts searches simultaneously in several evidence-based information services (online evidence-based texts, evidence-based guidelines and pre-appraised journal publications). ACCESSSS also provides email alerts to newly published evidence in the user’s chosen area(s) of training/interest.
Google Scholar (subscribed resource)
This link to Google Scholar is available to affiliated University members allowing direct access to resources subscribed to by the library.
Google Scholar (open access)

Index to sub-pages

Key Resources
EBHC Pyramid 5
Computerised Decision Support Systems
EBHC Pyramid 4
Synthesised summaries for clinical reference - integrating appraisal of lower layers
EBHC Pyramid 3
Systematically derived recommendations, including guidelines
EBHC Pyramid 2
Systematic reviews
EBHC Pyramid 1
Sources of studies (i.e. journal articles) and synopses of studies
Useful sites
Information for patients