EBP Toolbox
- EBM ToolsCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford University
Guides
- AGREE II: Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and EvaluationDownloadable instrument for evaluating clinical practice guidelines.
- Critical Appraisal of EvidenceCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine
- Critical Appraisal WorksheetsCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Books/Articles
- Users' Guide to the Medical LiteratureJAMA Evidence
- JAMA Rational Clinical Examination SeriesJournal of the American Medical Association
- How to Read a PaperBMJ series on evaluating research articles
- "Making Sense of Diagnostic Tests Likelihood Ratios"Perera R. & Heneghan C.
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) at McMaster
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) is a broad concept referring to the incorporation of valid and relevant external evidence during the decision making process.
In the health sciences, such evidence is most commonly found in high-quality research studies that can be applied to the specific patient or population being considered.
As McMaster health sciences students, the concept of EBP runs through all aspects of your academic curriculum: from theory to research to clinical decision-making and beyond.
The resources available at the Health Sciences Library can help you find the best available evidence to support these processes, but this is only one piece of the EIDM puzzle (See Fig. 1)
EBP Core Concepts
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"Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine"Centre for Health Evidence
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"Evidence-Based Medicine: What it is and what it isn`t"D. L. Sackett, W. M. Rosenberg, J. A. Gray, R. B. Haynes, and W. S. Richardson
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Introduction to Evidence-Based MedicineDuke University Medical Center Library Tutorial
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Accessing preappraised evidence: fine-tuning the 5S model into a 6S modelAlba DiCenso, Liz Bayley, and R B Haynes. "ACP Journal Club. Editorial." Annals of Internal Medicine 151.6 (2009): JC3-2, JC3.
