I’m compiling a list of resources for Evidence Based Medicine at the moment. Here’s what I’ve found:

Online EBM Tutorials:

• Users’ Guides to Evidence-Based Practice: Complete set of Users’ Guides, originally published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
• What is EBM: Centre for EBM, UHN Toronto.
• Introduction to EBM: Duke University.
• An Introduction to Information Mastery: Michigan State University.
• Introduction to EBM: Boston University Medical Center.
• Some principles of Evidence Based Medicine: Washinton University in St. Louis.
• Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine: University of Alberta, EBM Toolkit.
• Netting the Evidence: A ScHARR Introduction to Evidence Based Practice on the Internet. Sheffield University.
• Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine Tutorial: Boston University Medical Centre.
• Evidence Based MEdicine Shepherd: Moodle based EBM course.
• Becoming ADEPT: Sheffield University.

Powerpoint Presentations:

• Introduction to EBM: Uptodate.com (Powerpoint)
• Evidence Based Practice: Paul Glaszion, University of Queensland and Oxford. (Powerpoint)
• Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine: Gregory W Dalack, MD. (Powerpoint)
• Introduction to EBM for Med/Peds Residents: Alex Djuricich, MD. (Powerpoint)
• Principles and Practice of Evidence Based Medicine: Roberto Cardarelli, DO, MPH.
• Introduction to EBM: Rodney Smith, MD. St. Joseph Mercy Hospital University of Michigan.
• Evidence Based Medicine Why? What? Who?: Mass Health Data Consortium.

PDF Files:

• Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine: University of Southern California. (PDF)
• An Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine: Helping Learners Acquire EBM Skills: OUCOM
• An Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine in Family Medicine: Dept of Family Medicine Dalhousie University.
• Searching Medline for Evidence in the Primary Medical Literature: Boston University Medical Center.

EBM Databases:

• EB On-Call: Database of ‘Critically Appraised Topics’ (CATS) of 38 on-call medical conditions.
• National Guideline Clearinghouse: EBM practice guidelines.
• Cochrane: Systematic reviews of the medical literature.
• Infopoems: Database of “Patient Orientated Evidence that Matters”
• Dynamed: Clinically orientated summaries for 2,000 topics.
• Trip Database: EBM Database.
• DUETs: Database of Uncertainties baout the Effects of Treatments.
• HSTAT: Health Services/Technology Assessment Text.
• CMA Infobase: Clinical practice guidelines.
• SUMSearch: selects the best resources for your question, formats your question for each resource, and makes additional searches based on results.
• BestBETs: Best Evidence Topics.

EBM Journals

• ACP Journal Club: Evidenced based original studies and systematic reviews.
• Evidence Based Medicine: for Primary Care and Internal Medicine.
• BMJ Clinical Evidence: from the British Medical Journal.
• Medical Decision Making: bi-monthly, Sage Publications, Inc.
• The Bandolier: an independent journal about EBM.

EBM Calculators:

• EBM Stats Calculator: EBM Calculator is designed to calculate relevant statistics for Diagnostic studies, Prospective Studies, Case Control Studies, and Randomized Control Trials (RCT). Also available for Palm and Pocket PC.
• NNT Calculator: Converts odds ratios to NNTs.
• UBC Clinical Significance Calculator: Calculate clinical significance.

Tools

• CATmaker: Software tool which helps you create Critically Appraised Topics, or CATs.

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