Agencies & Centers

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  AHRQ is the health services research arm of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It provides evidence-based information on quality improvement and patient safety; outcomes and effectiveness of care; clinical practice and technology assessment; health care organization and delivery systems; primary care (including preventive services); and health care costs and sources of payment.

• Canadian Centres for Health Evidence (CHE)
  Presents knowledge-based resources and summaries to health professionals. CHE provides extensive information on how to identify the required evidence, how to critically appraise published literature and understanding statistics.

• Center for Evidence-Based Medicine
  University of Toronto
  Contains materials related to teaching and practising EBM, including a glossary of EBM terms, resources for handheld devices, and links to other EBM sites.

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
  National Health Service (UK)
  Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine website contains resources which promote and provide support evidence-based health care providers, students and patients.

• Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
  National Health Service (UK)
  The largest group in the world engaged exclusively in evidence synthesis in the health field. The centre undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care. CRD produces the renowned DARE, NHS EED and HTA databases which are used by health professionals, policy makers and researchers around the world.

• Clinical Knowledge Summaries
  National Health Service (UK)
  While a one-time registration is required, this collection of evidence-based information about the common conditions managed in primary and first-contact care is free. It is complied by the National Health Service and outlines the evidence on which answers are based.

• Cochrane Collaboration
  Cochrane Collaboration is an international network of individuals and
  institutions committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews is indexed as a journal by Medline. Ovid Medline links to its systematic reviews with an EBM Topic Review link from the articles it reviews.

• Cochrane Collaboration Complementary Medicine Field
  Overview of the mission and activities of the Cochrane Collaboration Complementary Medicine Field. Includes links to the Complementary Medicine Field Newsletter, Complementary Medicine Reviews & Protocols, and the Registry, a database of randomized control trials (RCT) and controlled clinical trials (CCT) on Complementary Medicine topics.

• Evidence-Based Practice
  U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
  Links to scientific reviews, evidence reports, evidence-based practice centers, conferencs and evidence-based methodology.

• Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center
  The New York Academy of Medicine Library/ American College of Physicians, New York Chapter
  Contains references, bibliographies, tutorials, glossaries, and on-line databases to guide those embarking on teaching and practicing evidence-based medicine. It offers practice tools to support critical analysis of the literature and MEDLINE searching, as well as links to other sites that help enable evidence-based medical care.

• Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute for Best Nursing Practices Based on Evidence
  The purpose of the institute is to build a repository of best nursing practices based on research findings.

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  An independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services.
  

Clinical Practice Guidelines

• Clinical Practice Guidelines Archive
  U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  Consists of a series of 19 Clinical Practice Guidelines. Each guideline has several versions as listed: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Quick Reference Guides for Clinicians, and Consumer Versions.

• CPG Infobase Clinical Practice Guidelines
  Canadian Medical Association
  A database of guidelines produced or endorsed in Canada by a national, provincial/territorial or regional medical or health organization, professional society, government agency or expert panel.

• Health Services Technology Assessment Texts - HSTAT
  National Library of Medicine
  HSTAT is a free, web-based resource that provides access to full-text documents useful for providing health information and for health care decision making. HSTAT provides access to a wide variety of publications, including: clinical practice guidelines, quick-reference guides for clinicians, consumer health brochures, evidence reports and technology assessments.

• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  U.S. Agency for Healthcare Policy & Research
  A public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Guidelines can be browsed by the following categories: Disease/Condition, Treatment/Intervention, or Organization. The National Guideline Clearinghouse is sponsored by the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Policy & Research, the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.

Databases

See EBM Databases, Limits, Publication & Study Types

Directories

• Evidence-Based Medicine
  Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins U.
  Collection of evidence-based medicine resources that have been evaluated and rated for content. Rated resources include:

  • Systematic Reviews, Journal Articles and other Databases
  • Clinical Trials and Pre-publication Resources
  • Research Tools: Filters, Hedges and Strategies
  • Statistical Tools and Calculators
  • Journal Clubs, List Servers, and Meta-lists
  • Education and Tutorials Organization
    

• Understanding and Evaluating Medical Information
  New York Online Access to Health
  Information guide to EBM resources on the web, includes sections such as: the Basics, Types of Evidence, Research Methods and Statistical Terms in EBM.

EBM Centers by Speciality

• Dentistry
• Mental Health
• Sarah Cole Hirsh Institute for Best Nursing Practices Based on Evidence
• Pathology
• Social Services

Guides & Tutorials

• Bandolier Knowledge Library
  Pain Research at Oxford University
  Collection of evidence under a variety of different health topics. Bandolier searches and abstracts systematic reviews of treatments, evidence about diagnosis, epidemiology or health economics.

• EBM Tutorial
  Boston University Medical Center - Alumni Medical Library

  • Tutorial One: Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Tutorial Two: Forming a Clinical Question
  • EBM Search Process

• vidence-Based Medicine Tutorials
  Lamar Soutter Library at Umass Medical School
  Interactive tutorial focusing on the construction of evidence-based clinical questions in terms of both prognosis and therapy.

• Finding the Evidence
  Medical University of South Carolina Library
  Tutorial is designed to help health practitioners acquire the skills they need to conduct successful evidence-based searches.

• Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
  Duke University/ UNC - Chapel Hill
  "A basic tutorial intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine."

• McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE)
  A system to help define the best research to support evidence-based clinical practice, tailored to the individual interests of clinicians.

Journals

The Hirsh Health Sciences Library has current subscriptions to the following journals. Unless indicated, the following journals require a valid Tufts ID for access.

• Bandolier: Evidence Based Health Journal (Tufts ID is not required for access)
  Produced and edited by Pain Research at Oxford University.

• EBM Online (Tufts ID is not required for access)
  Bi-monthly journal designed to alert clinicians to scientifically meritorious and clinically important advances in treatment, diagnosis and clinical prediction, etiology, prognosis, economics, and quality improvement. Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.

• Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

• Evidence-Based Dentistry

• Evidence-Based Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Journal of Family Practice
  Features a column "POEMS (Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters)".

Mobile Resources

• Duke University Medical Center Library EBM File
  Duke University Medical Center Library
  Free PDA file of evidence-based medicine resources. Contains information on EBM terminology, how to construct a well-built clinical question, and how to evaluate various types of journal articles. A reference guide on searching Ovid MEDLINE is also included. Free AvantGo account required.
  
  
• DynaMed
  
  • Check Supported Mobile Devices on About DynaMed page.
  • Request a serial number
    • Email dynamedsupport@epnet.com from your Tufts University or Tufts Medical Center email.
    • Tufts affiliates using your hospital email send a request for a serial number to hhsl@tufts.edu.
  • Register with Skyscape for a username/password.
  • After you receive your serial number follow Installing DynaMed Mobile for your device on the About DynaMed page.
  • Serial numbers expire one year from activation. Request a new number directly from DynaMed or hhsl@tufts.edu to continue access.

• EBM Calculator
  Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Toronto
  Designed to calculate relevant statistics for Diagnostic studies, Prospective Studies, Case Control Studies, and Randomized Control Trials (RCT). Operating System: Palm OS.

Textbooks

• See EBM Compendia by Speciality
• Search the Tufts Catalog
  • by keyword for evidence based or EBM
  • by MeSH for evidence-based medicine