Evidence Based Medicine/Practice Databases
Evidence Based Medicine
ACP Medicine: Evidence-based reference published by the American College of Physicians
ACP's PIER: Physician's Information and Education Resource & AHFS DI Essentials
Bandolier: The intention behind Bandolier is to find information about evidence of effectiveness (or lack of it), and put the results forward as simple bullet points of those things that worked and those that did not: a bandolier with bullets. Information comes from systematic reviews, meta-analyses, randomised trials, and from high quality observational studies.
Clinical Evidence: Clinical Evidence integrates systematic reviews with a range of additional evidence based medicine (EBM) resources to create a powerful support tool, providing busy clinicians with access to the very latest and most relevant medical knowledge for treatment decisions. It is owned by BMJ Publishing Group.
Cochrane Library: The Cochrane Library consists of a regularly updated collection of evidence-based medicine databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects and other databases.
Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE): A database of
quality assessed reviews written by staff from the NHS Centre for Reviews
and Dissemination.
Dynamed: A medical information database with over 1,800 clinical topic summaries that is designed for use at the point of care. Links to supporting literature are provided, updated daily.
Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Medicine: Search E-Journals for title.
Evidence-Based Complimentary and Alternative Medicine: Issues start in December of 2004. Freely available on PubMed Central.
Evidence-Based Gastroenterology: Search E-Journals for title.
Evidence-Based Healthcare and Public Health: Search E-Journals Journal for title.
Evidence-Based Obstetrics and Gynecology: Search E-Journals for title.
Evidence-Based Oncology: Search E-Journals for title.
Evidence-Based Medicine: Free E-journal available from BMJ.
Evidence-Based Mental Health: Free E-journal available from BMJ.
First Consult: First Consult is an authoritative evidence-based and continuously updated clinical information resource for healthcare professionals. Designed for use at point of care, it provides instant, user-friendly access to the latest information on evaluation, diagnosis, clinical management, prognosis, and prevention. Medical Topics are First Consult's comprehensive database of clinically-compiled, weekly-updated information on patient evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, tests, prevention, and much more. Differential Diagnoses provides a rapid evaluation of your patient's complaint with interactive access to potential diagnoses ordered by age and prevalence. Procedures provides clear systematic guidance, including videos and medical animations, of procedures integral to the practice of medicine across many specialties.
National Guideline Clearinghouse: a resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Trip Database-Turning Research Into Practice - Evidence-based database designed to answer clinical questions.
Evidence Based Practice
Joanna Briggs Institute: an evidence based practice database of a collaborative (nursing, medicine and allied health professionals) evaluation of "evidence derived from a diverse range of resources, including experience, expertise and all forms of rigours research and and the synthesis, transfer and utilisation of the 'best available ' evidence into health care practice". ()
OT Seeker: OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions.