DEPARTMENTS

Online Resources, Courses andTraining Programs

Prepared by J. L. Forest and S. A. Miller

There are several online resources for those who would like tolearn more about Evidence-Based Practice/Health Care, improve

their knowledge of research methodology and statistics, anddevelop skills in each of the steps of Evidence-Based Decision

Making. In addition, a range of course offerings and centers thathave links to additional sites, including calendars or training

agendas of workshop offerings are provided. You may want tobookmark the websites you find particularly interesting since

they are periodically updated with new course listings and dates.

Evidence-Based Online Tutorials and Materials

Evidence Based Links, Courses and Guides http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/R-Z/scharr/links.htm

Center for EBM Mt Sinai Hospital Toronto http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/

Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center, Teaching/LearningEvidence-based Medicine

http://www.ebmny.org/teach.html

PubMed Tutorial, National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/pubmed_tutorial/m2001.html

EBDM in Action, Parts 1 and 2Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

http://www.thejcdp.com/issue011/index.htm

http://www.thejcdp.com/issue013/index.htm

Bandolier — Dental and Oral Health http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/dental.html

Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Hertfordshire, UK http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/health3/ebm.htm

Evidence based Medicine Course from SUNY Downstate Medical Center http://library.downstate.edu/ebm/toc.html

Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature http://www.cche.net/ebcp/ebcpbiblio.htm

PICO Process and Finding the Evidence:

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, CEBM-Focusing Clinical Questions

J Evid Base Dent Pract 2004;2:189-92D 2004 Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.1532-3382/2004/$30.00 + 0doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2004.03.023

-Searching for the Best Evidence in Clinical JournalsIntroduction to EBM, Duke University/UNC-The Well-Built Clinical Question-The Literature SearchEvidence Based Medicine:-Finding the Best Clinical Literature, and-HealthWeb, Linking You to the Best in Health Information-Guides to Searching the Literature from Univ of Illinois at Chica

[Under EBM Toolbox section]

http://www.cebm.net/focus_quest.asp

http://www.cebm.net/searching.asp

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/lm/ebm/index.htm

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/lm/ebm/literat.htm

go

http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/resources/ebm.shtml

and

http://healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=39

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Critical Analysis, Research Design & Statistical Terms and Concepts

CONSORT Statement – International standards for clinical trial design,implementation and reporting

http://www.consort-statement.org

QUOROM – International standards for improving reporting ofMeta-analyses of RCTs

http://www.consort-statement.org/QUOROM.pdf

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)CASP, CriticalAppraisal Checklists

http://www.phru.nhs.uk/~casp/casp.htm

http://www.phru.nhs.uk/~casp/resourcescasp.htm

Centre for EBM, Critical Appraisal Tools http://www.cebm.net/toolbox.asp

University of Alberta Evidence-basedMedicine Tool Kit includinginformation and worksheets for Therapy,

Diagnosis, Prognosis, Harm, Clinical Practice Guidelines, SystematicReviews and Economic Analysis. Sites are listed in that order.

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/therapy.htm

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/diagnosis.htm

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/prognosis.htm

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/harm.htm

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/cpg.htm

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/sysrev.htm

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/econ.htm

Centres for Health Evidence — Users’ Guides to Evidence-BasedPractice. Complete set of Users’ Guides to the Medical Literatureoriginally published by JAMA.

http://www.cche.net/usersguides/main.asp

ARIF Critical Appraisal Checklist and Critical Appraisal SkillsWorkshop slides

http://www.bham.ac.uk/arif/

http://www.bham.ac.uk/arif/casp/index.htm

ScHARR resource guide that can be used in teaching critical appraisal.SchaRR Numbers Needed to Treat

http://www.nzgg.org.nz/tools/resource_

critical_appraisal.cfm and

http://www.shef.ac.uk/fscharr/ir/nnt.html

Critical Analysis Tutorial, Center for EBM at Mt Sinai Hospital Toronto http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/practise/ca/

Basic Statistics for Clinicians http://www.intensivecare.com/

Tutorial.html#anchor1215108

Canadian Medical Association Journal ArchiveVol 152, Issues 1-4, 1995 Series on Basic

Statistics for Clinicians. Search for:. Hypothesis testing (Issue #1). Interpreting study results: confidence intervals (Issue #2). Assessing the effects of treatment: measures of

association (Issue #3). Correlation and regression (Issue #4)

http://www.cmaj.ca/

http://www.cmaj.ca/contents-by-date.0.shtml

BMJ How to read a paper, Statistics for thenon-statistician, by T. Greenhalgh, 1997

http://www.bmj.com/archive/7104/7104ed.htm

How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. II: ‘‘Significant’’relations and their pitfalls, by T. Greenhalgh, 1997

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/315/7105/422

Ovid Resource of the Month http://www.ovid.com

Critical Appraisal Topics (CATS) http://www.cebm.net/cats.asp

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Evidence Based Centers

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) http://www.ahrq.gov/

Centre for Evidence-based Dentistry http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/cebd/index.htm

Centre for Evidence Based Medicine http://www.cebm.net

Centres for Health Evidence http://www.cche.net/

The Cochrane Collaboration http://www.cochrane.org/index0.htm

The Cochrane Library http://www.update-software.com/Cochrane/default.HTM

Evidence-Based Informatics, HIRU at McMaster http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/

Evidence Based News, National Center for Dental Hygiene Research http://www.usc.edu/ebnet

Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center http://www.ebmny.org/

McMaster Occupational Therapy Evidence-based Practice Group http://www-fhs.mcmaster.ca/rehab/ebp/

Directories & Databases

ADA Policy on Evidence-Based DentistryAmerican Dental Association policy,definition, role of dentistry, and glossary

http://www.ada.org/prof/resources/positions/statements/

evidencebased.asp

Evidence Based Medicine BibliographyLinks to the Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature, and articleson basic statistics, computer software, journals, systematic reviewseries, textbooks, websites and commentaries

http://www.cche.net/ebcp/ebcpbiblio.htm

CDC Prevention Guidelines Databaseincludes prevention of oral diseases and tobacco cessation

http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/

prevguid.shtml

Healthweb Dentistry includes guidelinesand links to prevention topics, publications, and centers

http://www.healthweb.org/browse.cfm?subjectid=34

SUMSearch is a ‘‘meta-search’’ engine forevidence-based medicine resources. It searches multiple onlinedatabases and returns a customized list. University of Texas HealthScience Center at San Antonio

http://SUMSearch.uthscsa.edu

The Trip Database, searches over 61 sites ofhigh-quality medical information and gives you direct, hyperlinkedaccess to material on the web.

http://www.tripdatabase.com/

PEDro, The Physiotherapy Evidence Database http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/

PubMed, Free access to MEDLINE,National Library of Medicine

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Calendar of Events: Training Courses and Workshops

Centre for Evidence Based Dentistry: Forthcoming Events http://www.ihs.ox.ac.uk/cebd/events.htm

Centre for Evidence Based Medicine[Under teaching EBM, Courses]

http://www.cebm.net/calendar.asp

Cochrane Workshops – Listing of courses atCenters throughout the world

http://www.cochrane.org/cochrane/workshop.htm

Cochrane Oral Health Group http://www.cochrane-oral.man.ac.uk/ebp.course.htm

Conferences and Courses http://www.herts.ac.uk/lis/subjects/health/ebm.htm#conf

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme, CASP workshops http://www.phru.nhs.uk/casp/trweek03.htm

How to Teach Evidence-based Clinical Practice,McMaster University

http://www.cche.net/ebcp/

Teaching/Learning Evidence-based Medicine http://www.ebmny.org/teach.html

Rocky Mountain Workshop on How toPractice Evidence-Based Health Care

http://www.uchsc.edu/ebhc/

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DARE [Database of Abstracts ofReviews of Effectiveness] Dental systematic reviews

http://nhscrd.york.ac.uk/darehp.htm

http://www.cochrane-oral.

man.ac.uk/dental_systematic_reviews.htm

Clinical Evidence a compendium of research findings onclinical questions

http://www.clinicalevidence.org/

Netting the Evidence is intended to facilitate evidence-basedhealthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizationsand useful learning resources, e.g., evidence-based virtual library,software and journals

http://www.nettingtheevidence.org.uk/

http://www.shef.ac.uk/fscharr/ir/netting

http://www.shef.ac.uk/fscharr/ir/netting/searching.htm

Drug Databases Corey Nahman.com updatedDaily Pharmaceutical News & Informationn RxListn MEDLINEplus Health Information

http://www.coreynahman.com/druginfopage.html

http://www.rxlist.com/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

HerbMed is an evidence-based database that provideshyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbsfor health. It is maintained by the Alternative MedicineFoundation Inc., Bethesda, MD

http://www.herbmed.org/

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