LibGuides: Pharmacy: Clinical Info

Evidence-Based Practice

The Pharmacist's Guide to Evidence-Based Medicine for Clinical Decision Making
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2009
Ebook and Health Sciences Library Books QV 704 BX72

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

Contemporary Drug Information
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2008
Health Sciences Library Books QV 26.5 GA68

Featured Resource: ClinicalKey

ClinicalKey
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.

Featured resource: Dynamed

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.

Featured resource: BMJ Best Practice

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.

Sources of Clinical Information

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

TRIP Database This link opens in a new window
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ClinicalKey

DynaMed This link opens in a new window A clinical reference tool that represents the best available evidence drawn from medical journals and systematic evidence review databases. Updated daily.

British Pharmacopoeia This link opens in a new window

Clinical Trials resources:

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

Video tutorials

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Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCA)

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.