EBM Learning Guide
Resources for Evidence-Based Practice
Learn about the core concepts of evidence-based practice and discover resources for developing your skills in EBP.
Evidence Based Summaries - Point of Care Resources
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Best Practice This link opens in a new window
A decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion are combined and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.
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DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based tool covering diseases, disorders, and symptoms—includes etiology, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, prevention, and drug info. For best access, use Internet Explorer 11 or the latest Firefox, Chrome, or Edge.
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OrthoEvidence This link opens in a new windowFor orthopaedics. Contains evidence-based summaries, pre-appraised by orthopaedic medical experts, and includes Advanced Clinical Evidence (ACE) reports, blogs, podcasts.
What are Evidence Based Summaries?
Evidence-based Summary Tools usually contain the latest information on:
- Epidemiology/ Prevalence
- Etiology
- History & Physical
- Diagnosis/ Differential Diagnoses
- Diagnostic Tests (Sensitivity & Specificity)
- Normal Lab Values
- Clinical Prediction Rules
- Treatment (with levels or grades of evidence)
- Complications & Prognosis
- Prevention & Screening
- Guidelines
- Patient Handouts
Evidence-based Summaries are also called Evidence-based textbooks. They are very good resources for background information.
Quality Check : Always look at the date of the last revision and the age of the references
