- Cochrane Collaboration - http://www.cochrane.org/
- International not-for-profit organisation preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care. General information, access to the Cochrane Library, guidelines, manuals and software.
- UNC Department of Internal Medicine: Critically Appraised Topics - http://www.med.unc.edu/medicine/edursrc/!catlist.htm
- The University of North Carolina presents an alphabetical list of clinical research topics, each with a review of strengths and weaknesses.
- AHRQ: Evidence Reports - http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/epcindex.htm
- 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.
- BETs: Best Evidence Topics - http://www.bestbets.org/
- 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.
- EBOC: Evidence-Based On-Call - http://www.eboncall.org/
- Collection of summaries and critical appraisals regarding common on-call medical conditions, with definitions and a list of the specialties covered.
- Practical Evidence-Based Internet Resources - http://www.aafp.org/fpm/20030700/49prac.html
- The American Academy of Family Physicians presents a summary and assessment of five web-based research tools. Available as PDF download.
- General Practice Notebook: Evidence-Based Medicine - http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?id=-1596981199
- The principles and applications are explained, with examples provided for different specialties.
- Netting The Evidence - http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/ir/netting/
- An overview of Evidence Based Practice on the internet, with useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals; from ScHARR, University of Sheffield.
- Clinical Evidence - http://www.clinicalevidence.com/
- 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.
- Evidence-Based Medicine: Useful Tools for Decision Making - http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/174_05_050301/craig/craig.html
- An article from the Medical Journal of Australia explains the basic processes and concepts, with descriptions of common computer-assisted research tools.
- InfoPOEMs - http://www.infopoems.com/
- 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".
- DynaMed - http://www.dynamicmedical.com
- Medical information database of clinical topic summaries, including a grading the quality of evidence cited, designed primarily for point-of-care use; updated daily.
- ABC Health Matters: Getting Evidence-Based Treatment - http://abc.net.au/health/cguides/evidencebased.htm
- Consumer guide to understanding and applying the concept.
- Evidence based medicine: increasing, not dictating, choice - http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/334/suppl_1/s10
- A defense of evidence-based medicine from the perspective of women's health concerns.
- Evidence-Based Medicine: Haute Couture or the Emperor's New Clothes? - http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/cgi/content/full/100/6/1807?ck=nck
- An anesthesiologist's examination of some strengths and weaknesses of evidence-based medicine.
- Evidence-Based Medicine in Iberoamerica: Problems and Possible Solutions - http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371%2fjournal.pmed.0020277
- Discussion of the applicability of evidence-based medicine in Latin American countries.
- Evidence Based Calculator - http://moosenose.com/ebcalculator.htm
- Free downloadable calculator computing sensitivity and selectivity, control event rates, numbers-needed-to-treat, and other evidence-based factors.
- SUMSearch - http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu/
- 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.
- bmjupdates+ - http://bmjupdates.mcmaster.ca
- Searchable best evidence database plus tailored email alert service, from the British Medical Journal and McMaster University. Free subscription required.
- Trip Database - http://www.tripdatabase.com/index.html
- Medical search engine with emphasis on evidence based medicine (EBM) and clinical guidelines and queries, including content from Cochrane and Bandolier.
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