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Links to Evidence-Based Medicine

Bandolier
An independent journal about evidence-based healthcare. Pubmed and the Cochrane databases are scanned for interesting and coherent articles that are than summarized and published in the Bandolier with addition comments and brief recommendation.

Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
This Web site is designed to serve as a practical guide to health care providers, planners and consumers for determining the inclusion or exclusion, content and frequency of a wide variety of preventive health interventions, using the evidence-based recommendations of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC)*.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Oxford
Contains established levels of evidence as well as explanation of evidence-based medicine and searching tips.

Centre for Health Evidence
The Centre for Health Evidence (CHE) is a multi-disciplinary initiative that brings universities, health organizations, and professional associations together. CHE supports the learning, teaching, and practice of evidence-based health care.

Evidence Base on Call
In this evidence compendia, you will find evidence-based summaries of 38 on-call medical conditions. Every recommendation links via a plus icon + to a short summary of the evidence which in turn link to one-page summaries (called CATs) of every article used via a cat icon.

Evidence Based Decision Making
Web site containing links to the following evidence based site categories: Evidence based resources, Journal clubs, Health service resources, EB guidelines and pathways, and many others.

Evidence Based Medicine Resource Center
The Web Page contains references, bibliographies, tutorials, glossaries, and on-line databases to guide those embarking on teaching and practicing evidence-based medicine. It offers practice tools to support critical analysis of the literature and MEDLINE searching, as well as links to other sites that help enable evidence-based medical care.

Evidence-based Medicine Journal
Co-published by the American College of Physicians and the British Medical Journal. The site contains full text summaries from all issues as well as six related sources. Also contains links to other evidence-based journals and resources.

Evidence-based Practice Centers
Agency for Health Research and Quality provides 5 year contracts to institutions in the US and Canada to serve as Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPC). The EPCs review all relevant literature on a variety of scientific topics as well as monitor the methodologies of current research. This site contains links to the EPCs as well as a long list of other EB sources.

The Cochrane Library
An international network of individuals committed to "preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care". The Cochrane Library is an electronic publication designed to supply high quality evidence to inform people providing and receiving care, and those responsible for research, teaching, funding and administration at all levels. It contains the following databases: The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register, and The Cochrane Review Methodology Database.

Universities with Evidence-Based Medicine Resources

Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) was established in January 1994, and aims to provide research-based information about the effects of interventions used in health and social care.

The University of Alberta Library
A broad overview of resources for evidence-based practice. Resources include: finding books and reports, key textbooks and manuals, finding journals articles, evidence-based practice journals, evidence-based practice Web sites, sources for systematic reviews, meta-analysis, clinical practice guidelines, and resources for critically appraising health care literature.

ScHARR Netting the Evidence
Netting the Evidence is intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals.

The University of Sheffield: Sheffield Evidence for Effectiveness and Knowledge

University of Hertfordshire
Excellent summary of the current available resources relating to evidence-based medicine. Resources include: Definitions, references, protocol and reviews in BMJ JAMA and the Lancet, journals, databases, evidence-based health Web resources, clinical guidelines, and much more. Contains many links to unique evidence-based medicine Web sites.

University of Rochester
Site contains a solid list of organizations, guides and tutorials, tools and search filters, systematic reviews, critically appraised topics, journals, and practice guidelines.