ERI: Evidence-based Medicine Resources
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Residing at the University of Toronto, the goal of the Centre is to promote evidence-based
health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of
them. Includes links to journals and other resources. http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/
Centres for Health Evidence: Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
This is an electronic version of the "How to" articles that appeared in JAMA. Based on the
Users Guides to Evidence-based Medicine and reproduced with permission from JAMA.
URL:http://www.cche.net/principles/content_all.asp
Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary
A glossary of terms related to EBM, supported by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-based
Medicine. URL:http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/glossary/
Evidence-Based Medicine Tool Kit
This collection of tools for identifying, assessing and applying relevant evidence for better
health care decision-making is based on the work of the Evidence Based Medicine Working
Group. URL:http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/ebm.htm
Evidence-Based Medicine: Finding the best clinical literature
This guide for health care professionals and students provides a brief introduction to EBM,
references key publications and links to other relevant internet resources.
URL:http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/resources/ebm.shtml
How To Teach Evidence-based Clinical Practice: Workshop
Information page about EBM as well as information about the annual HOW TO workshop.
URL:http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/ebm/workshop/
Introduction to Information Mastery
This self-paced on-line course, built as a series of 5 modules, requires 10-14 hours to
complete altogether: most modules require 2-3 hours, although some are shorter or longer.
URL:http://www.poems.msu.edu/infomastery/
National Guideline Clearinghouse
The National Guideline Clearinghouse is a public resource for evidence-based clinical
practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ/ formerly AHCPR) in partnership with the American Medical Association and the
American Association of Health Plans. Many practitioner resources are available through
this site. URL:http://www.guideline.gov/asp/splash2.asp?cp=t&ck=t
A comprehensive resource for information related to Evidence-Based Medicine. This
database is searchable and contains information and links about searching, appraising and
implementing scientific information, as well as lists of journals, organizations, databases
and software. An excellent first stop! URL:http://www.shef.ac.uk/~scharr/ir/netting/
Reading the Medical Literature
This site consists of a series of lessons and practice sessions designed to improve
students' skills in locating, selecting, and critically reviewing primary care literature,
improve students' skills for keeping abreast of new medical information, and prepare
students to participate in medical journal clubs at their places of training or practice. The
site contains self-tests, resources and links to other sources.
URL:http://www.lib.msu.edu/behm/readmedlit/
Seven Alternatives to Evidence-based Medicine
Clinical decisions should, as far as possible, be evidence based. So runs the current
clinical dogma. Physicians, surgeons, nurses are doing it; soon even the lawyers will be
using evidence based practice. But what if there is no evidence on which to base a
clinical decision? From the British Medical Journal.
URL:http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/319/7225/1618
The Canadian Cochrane Center provides links and information related to the Cochrane
Library, newsletters, newsgroups, conferences, etc.
URL:http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/
University of Rochester Critically Appraised Topics Database
Sponsored by the Department of Medicine, this site accesses a large collection of Critically
Appraised Topics in a wide range of areas.
URL:http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/medicine/res/CATS/Cathome.html