About This Page
McMaster's Faculty of Health Sciences places a strong emphasis on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP).
On this page, you will learn about the core concepts of EBP and be directed to additional resources for deepening your knowledge and impoving your evidence-based skills.
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Database FundamentalsA primer on the foundations of database searching
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OVID MedlineSearching the biomedical database Medline, using the OVID search interface
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PubMedSearching the biomedical database Medline, using the PubMed interface
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Cochrane LibrarySearching for systematic reviews and more on the Cochrane Library (requires Flash)
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CINAHLSearching the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health (CINAHL) database
EBP Toolbox
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EBM ToolsCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford University
Guides
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AGREE II: Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and EvaluationDownloadable instrument for evaluating clinical practice guidelines.
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Inclusion CriteriaMcMaster guide to inclusion criteria for systematic reviews.
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Critical Appraisal of EvidenceCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine
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Critical Appraisal WorksheetsCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine
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CATWalk: A Guide to Critically Appraised TopicsUniversity of Alberta
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CATmaker and EBM CalculatorsSoftware for creating critically-appraised topics.
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Grey MattersGuide to searching the grey literature from CADTH
Books/Articles
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Users' Guide to the Medical Literature - 3rd EditionAvailable through JAMA Evidence
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JAMA Rational Clinical Examination SeriesJournal of the American Medical Association
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Evidence-Based Surgery Article SeriesSurgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOURCE) at McMaster
Quick Reference
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STARD StatementStandards for the Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies
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
- "Evidence-Based Medicine: A New Approach to Teaching the Practice of Medicine"Centre for Health Evidence
- "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
- Introduction to Evidence-Based MedicineDuke University Medical Center Library Tutorial
- 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.
EBP: Just for Fun!
Some Studies That I Like to Quote by James McCormack
Viva La Evidence! by James McCormack
