University of Oklahoma College of Allied Health Department of Rehabilitation Science

Resources for evidence-based practice

Constructing a clinical question using the PICO approach:

• EBM: Finding the best clinical literature, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago

• Focusing clinical questions, Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, UK

Online sources for immediate questions:

• MEDLINE, maintained by the National Library of Medicine (NLM), is available free through PubMed: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

• NLM has special "clinical queries" filters: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.html

• Evidence-based practice guidelines, assembled by professional groups, government agencies, or expert panels:
  • National Guidelines Clearinghouse

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

  • PEDro. The Physiotherapy Evidence Database. Center for Evidence-Based Practice, University of Syndney, Lidcombe NSW, Australia.

• Users' Guides for different types of clinical questions from the Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta

Online sources for the career-long pursuit of EBP

• Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Toronto

• EBM and PBL resources, courtesy of the Univ. of Texas Health Sciences Center (UTSA)

• A tutorial on efficient web searches, provided by the Beaufort Library at the Univ. of South Carolina.

• Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Headington, Oxford.

• University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries. Health Links. (2003). Evidence-Based Practice. Retrieved September 9, 2003 from http://healthlinks.washington.edu/ebp

• The American Physical Therapy Association's "Hooked on Evidence" initiative. (access limited to APTA members)

• "Demystifying Statistical Language in Clinical Research Reports," February 27, 2007. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, OUHSC. Part of the department's series of workshops on evidence-based practice.

• Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses, from AHRQ, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

If you buy only one book:

Strauss, S.E., Richardson, W.S., Glasziou, P., & Haynes, R.B. (2005). Evidence-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM. (3rd ed.). Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

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Last updated 7-23-2008 ©Dave Thompson Ph.D., P.T.