Evidence Based Medicine

ABC Health Matters: Getting Evidence-Based Treatment - Consumer guide to understanding and applying the concept.
abc.net.au/health/cguides/evidencebased.htm

AHRQ: Evidence Reports - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the United States presents summaries and assessments for healthcare providers and clinicians. Documents may be viewed or downloaded at no cost.
www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/epcindex.htm

BETs: Best Evidence Topics - A searchable database of evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, with details of courses and teaching material. Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom.
www.bestbets.org/

bmjupdates+ - Searchable best evidence database plus tailored email alert service, from the British Medical Journal and McMaster University. Free subscription required.
bmjupdates.mcmaster.ca

Clinical Evidence - Summarises current knowledge about the prevention and treatment of disease, based on appraisal of systematic reviews and randomized clinical trials. Free on-line access for physicians in the United Kingdom or in developing countries.
www.clinicalevidence.com/

DynaMed - Medical information database of clinical topic summaries, including a grading the quality of evidence cited, designed primarily for point-of-care use; updated daily.
www.dynamicmedical.com

EBOC: Evidence-Based On-Call - Collection of summaries and critical appraisals regarding common on-call medical conditions, with definitions and a list of the specialties covered.
www.eboncall.org/

Evidence Based Calculator - Free downloadable calculator computing sensitivity and selectivity, control event rates, numbers-needed-to-treat, and other evidence-based factors.
moosenose.com/EBCalculator.htm

General Practice Notebook: Evidence-Based Medicine - The principles and applications are explained, with examples provided for different specialties.
www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-1596981199

InfoPOEMs - Delivers daily Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters (DailyPOEMs) by email and produces the InfoRetriever database system of evidence-based information next to a print newsletter "Evidence-Based Practice".
www.infopoems.com/

Practical Evidence-Based Internet Resources - The American Academy of Family Physicians presents a summary and assessment of five web-based research tools. Available as PDF download.
www.aafp.org/fpm/20030700/49prac.html

SUMSearch - Medical search engine returning evidence-based research in categories for practice guidelines, and for systematic reviews, both from PUBMED and from DARE, including Cochrane abstracts.
sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/

Trip Database - Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier.
www.tripdatabase.com/index.html

UNC Department of Internal Medicine: Critically Appraised Topics - The University of North Carolina presents an alphabetical list of clinical research topics, each with a review of strengths and weaknesses.
www.med.unc.edu/medicine/edursrc/!catlist.htm

Evidence based medicine: increasing, not dictating, choice - A defense of evidence-based medicine from the perspective of women's health concerns. <small>(January 6, 2007)</small>
www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/334/suppl_1/s10

Evidence-Based Medicine in Iberoamerica: Problems and Possible Solutions - Discussion of the applicability of evidence-based medicine in Latin American countries. <small>(August 30, 2005)</small>
medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020277

Evidence-Based Medicine: Haute Couture or the Emperor's New Clothes? - An anesthesiologist's examination of some strengths and weaknesses of evidence-based medicine. <small>(June 1, 2005)</small>
www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/content/full/100/6/1807?ck=nck

Evidence-Based Medicine: Useful Tools for Decision Making - An article from the Medical Journal of Australia explains the basic processes and concepts, with descriptions of common computer-assisted research tools. <small>(January 1, 2001)</small>
www.mja.com.au/public/issues/174_05_050301/craig/craig.html