The following tutorials are intended for any health care practitioner or student requiring a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Practice.
A series of video tutorials on the various evidence-based practice (EBP) information resources:
Introduction
The clinical question
The pyramid of resources
The Cochrane Library
Clinical Evidence
ACP's PIER
Critically appraised individual articles
Clinical queries in Medline
An excellent, clearly set-out tutorial that:
Defines EBM
Identifies the parts of a well built clinical question
Identifies EBM searching strategies to improve MEDLINE retrieval
Identifies issues that determine the validity of the results of a study
This tutorial aims to clarify the process of searching for reliable medical evidence in four stages:
Analysing information needs and developing answerable questions
Selecting the most appropriate evidence and data source
Formulating an effective strategy
Practicable database searching session
