Resources for background questions
Collections of electronic books
- AccessEmergency Medicine
- AccessMedicine
- AccessSurgery
- MDConsult
- University Library Catalog
- E-Book Center (OhioLINK)
Single electronic book
- ACP Medicine
JAMA Evidence
JAMAevidence
This resource provides online access to fundamental tools for understanding and applying the medical literature and making clinical diagnoses. Two books, The Rational Clinical Examination:Evidence Based Clinical Diagnosis and Users' Guide to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice are included in this product.
Selected websites
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CEBM - Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
University of Toronto, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital
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Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Oxford University; site contains learning materials and a collection of critically appraised topics (CATS)
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Netting the Evidence
From the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research; provides a comprehensive list of websites for and about evidence based healthcare
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Evidence Based Medicine Resource Center
Produced by the New York Academy of Medicine and the New York Chapter of American College of Physicians; comprehensive site
Resources for foreground questions
Point of Care Resources
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Clinical Evidence
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First Consult (access through MDConsult)
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ACP PIER
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ACP Journal Club
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The Rational Clinical Examination:Evidence Based Clinical Diagnosis (from JAMA Evidence)
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Clinical Guidelines
- National Guidelines Clearinghouse: US depository for clinical practice guidelines
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Databases for Original Studies and Systematic Reviews
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Cochrane Library
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PubMed
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PubMed Clinical Queries Special section of PubMed that helps you do a focused search for evidence-based articles on therapy, diagnosis, etiology or prognosis questions.
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Keeping current
EvidenceUpdates - from the BMJ Evidence Centre
- Subscribe to this free alerting service
- Choose the specialties you most want to track
- Receive weekly emails alerting you to recently published articles in those specialities
- See how they are graded by the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence (MORE)
Read a description of how the articles are appraised:
Critical Appraisal Process
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