Evidence-Based Practice

CenterMedPortal: American Association of Medical Colleges website
http://services.aamc.org/

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/

Center for Health Evidence
http://www.cche.net/usersguides/main.asp

Evidence-Based Practice
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/ebp

Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center
http://www.ebmny.org/teach.html

University of Sheffield Evidence-Based Teaching Resources
http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/ir/training.html

Welch Medical Library: Evidence-Based Medicine
http://www.welch.jhu.edu/internet/ebr.html#statisticaltools

Canadian Medical Association Journal series on Evidence-Based Medicine (link to introductory article in series)

Article 1: Relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction and number needed to treat

            Article 2: Measures of precision (confidence intervals)

            Article 3: Measures of observer variability (kappa statistic)

            Article 4: Assessing heterogeneity of primary studies in systematic reviews

Article 5: The effect of the spectrum of disease on the performance of diagnostic tests

Clinical Research Critiques

• ACP Journal Club 1996-
• Bandolier 1994-
• BestBETs
• InfoPOEMs

Systematic Reviews/Meta-analyses

• Cochrane Library
• PubMed Clinical Queries using Research Methodology Filters
• Campbell Collaboration Library

Evidence Calculators

• Levels of Evidence
• Pre-Test Probability
• Likelihood Ratios
• Numbers Needed to Treat
• All-Purpose 4-Fold Table Analyzer
• SpPins and SnNouts
• EBM Toolbox
• Evidence-Based Medicine Tool Kit

Statistics

• Bayesian Calculator
• EBM and Descision Tools
• Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit
• MedCalc –

PICOmaker

Videos

• Adjusting for Prognostic Imbalances
• Making Sense of Likelihood Ratios
• Understanding Odds Ratios