What are PubMed Topic Searches? This event is part of the
Quality Use of CareSearch Project
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PubMed Topic Searches provide an easy and reliable way to find
the relevant palliative care literature There are over 50 PubMed
topics related to palliative care that are ready for use at the
press of a button And if the topic you are interested in is not
listed you can easily design your own this power point shows you
how PubMed Topic Searches
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These topic based searches enable users to link through to the
PubMed database and run a real time automated search This means
that each time the search is run it will include the new items
being entered on the PubMed database ( ie, always current) PubMed
is a free, publicly available database. PubMed Topic Searches
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The palliative care literature is sometimes hard to find The
PubMed Topic Searches use a palliative care filter designed by the
CareSearch team to find the most relevant information, and to
filter out less relevant results The palliative care filter has
been validated in a number of studies PubMed Topic Searches
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All materials on the website are developed and peer reviewed by
Australian health professionals to ensure: that they relate to
palliative care that they are trustworthy and reflect the best
available evidence that where possible the evidence relates to
rigorous research work. Quality processes
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CareSearch would like to thank the many people who contribute
their time and expertise to the project including members of the
National Advisory Group and the Knowledge Network Management Group.
CareSearch is funded by the Australian Government Department of
Health and Ageing as part of the National Palliative Care Program.
www.caresearch.com.au
