Resources for evidence-based practice

compiled by David M. Thompson
Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor Allied Health Sciences, College of Allied Health
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Constructing a clinical question using the PICO approach:

• Formulating Patient Centered Questions, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

• Focusing clinical questions, Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Univ. of Oxford, UK

Online sources for immediate questions:

• MEDLINE, maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is available free through PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

• NLM has special "clinical queries" filters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.html

• Evidence-based practice guidelines, assembled by professional groups, government agencies, or expert panels:
  • National Guidelines Clearinghouse

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

  • PEDro. The Physiotherapy Evidence Database. Center for Evidence-Based Practice, University of Syndney, Lidcombe NSW, Australia.

Online sources for the career-long pursuit of EBP

• Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice, a multipart tutorial created by Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Science Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Toronto

• EBM and PBL resources, courtesy of the Univ. of Texas Health Sciences Center (UTSA)

• A tutorial on efficient web searches, provided by the Beaufort Library at the Univ. of South Carolina.

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford.

• University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries. Health Links. (2003). Evidence-Based Practice. Retrieved September 9, 2003 from http://healthlinks.washington.edu/ebp

• The American Physical Therapy Association's "Hooked on Evidence" initiative. (access limited to APTA members)

• "Demystifying Statistical Language in Clinical Research Reports," February 27, 2007. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, OUHSC. Part of the department's series of workshops on evidence-based practice.

• Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses, from AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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Last updated 9-18-2010 ©Dave Thompson Ph.D., P.T.