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Pharmaceutical Sciences: Clinical Info

Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence -based practice is "..the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values". Here are a selection of resources:

Evidence-based Practice for Medicine library guide

 

Featured Resources

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ClinicalKey is designed to provide physicians with fast, clinically-relevant answers from Elsevier’s enormous library of proprietary medical and surgical content including over 1,200 books, 600 journals (including The Clinics of North America), thousands of videos, practice guidelines, drug information and patient education handouts, along with millions of images.

ClinicalKey also gives physicians access to trusted point-of-care content from First Consult.

A clinical decision support tool for health professionals that provides access to the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion in a single source. BMJ Best Practice includes differential diagnosis tables, treatment algorithms, videos of common clinical procedures, integrated evidence from Cochrane Clinical Answers, over 250 medical calculators and more.

A clinical reference and image tool that represents the best available evidence drawn from medical journals and systematic evidence review databases. Updated daily. Browse by topic or search by keywords. Sign in so you can 'Follow' alerts to Topic updates.

CCA (via OVID or Wiley) provides a readable, digestible, clinically focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane systematic reviews. The content is designed to be actionable and to inform decision making at the point of care.

Sources of Clinical Information

Search a range of evidence-based, peer-reviewed resources:

Clinical Trials resources:

Search for past and current trials, OR register your clinical trial

Video tutorials

Check out these tutorials to help you get the most out of searching these clinical resources: