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Evidence-Based Practice   
 
The following is a list of online resources on evidence-based practice:


Netting The Evidence: Andrew Booth's (School of Health and Related Research [ScHARR], Sheffield University) bookmarks

:: Centres for EBM

Canadian Centre for Health Evidence

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine: Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto

Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine

Links for many more centres for EBM (e.g. in dentistry and nursing) can be found in the Oxford website.

:: Databases

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination databases (database of abstracts of reviews of effectiveness [DARE], NHS economic evaluations database [NHSEED], INAHTA database)

Cochrane Library Searchable database of abstracts of Cochrane reviews

Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP) database

SUMSearch

:: Teach yourself EBM on the Internet

How to find the evidence- the basics (ScHARR)

Systematic Literature Reviewing

Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine (Duke University)

:: EBM Journals and Publications

Effective Health Care bulletins

Effectiveness Matters

Bandolier

EBM journal

Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Internet

:: International guidelines organisations

Guidelines International Network

AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines Research & Evaluation) Collaboration

:: Guidelines clearinghouses

US National Guidelines Clearinghouse (includes non-US guidelines)

UK National Electronic Library for Health

German Guidelines Clearinghouse

:: Guidelines agencies and organisations

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

UK NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) Clinical Guidelines

American College of Physicians

US Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)

Canadian Medical Association Infobase

Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

Medical Journal of Australia

New Zealand Guidelines Group

Malaysian Clinical Practice Guidelines

Health Technology Assessment resources on the Internet

:: International organisations

Health Technology Assessment International

International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment

:: Canada

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

AETMIS (Quebec HTA agency)

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

McGill University Health Centre Technology Assessment Unit

:: United Kingdom

National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA)

National Horizon Scanning Centre

:: United States of America

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Technology Assesssments

ECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute, but scope now encompasses all healthcare)

Hayes Incorporated

National Library of Medicine's Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)

Veterans Affairs Technology Assessment Program (VATAP)

BlueCross BlueShield Association Technology Evaluation Centre

US Food and Drug Administration

:: Sweden

The Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU)

:: Australia and New Zealand

Medical Services Advisory Committee

Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)

NZHTA Clearing House

:: Alternative and complementary medicine

The Alternative Medicine Homepage

Bandolier Library - Complementary and Alternative Therapies

US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

UK Research Council for Complementary Medicine

And if you encounter technologies that seem a little fishy, try this...

Quackwatch

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