Resources for background questions
Collections of electronic books
- AccessEmergency Medicine
- AccessMedicine
- AccessSurgery
- ClinicalKey - replaces MDConsult
- University Library Catalog
- E-Book Center (OhioLINK)
Single electronic book
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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ClinicalKey - replaces FirstConsult
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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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