Evidence-Based Practice Resources

Evidence-based practice involves using the best available clinical proof when making decisions regarding patient care. One of the biggest challenges of finding the best evidence is knowing what resources are available and when to use those resources. The Medical Research Library of Brooklyn has compiled a list of resources to assist in that quest.

Evidence-Based Practice Menu

Foreground Resources

• PubMed (Offers limited access to full-text articles for SUNY Downstate users. User name and password required)
• PubMed - No password required.
• Cochrane Library (SUNY Downstate Licensed Resource. User name and password required)
• ACP Journal Club (SUNY Downstate Licensed Resource. User name and password required)
• BMJ Best Practice (SUNY Downstate Licensed Resource. User name and password required)
• Epistemonikos
• Trip Database

Background Resources

• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine [AccessMedicine] (SUNY Downstate Licensed resource. User name and password required)
• AccessMedicine (SUNY Downstate Licensed resource. User name and password required)
• AccessPediatrics (SUNY Downstate Licensed resource. User name and password required)
• STATRef (SUNY Downstate Licensed resource. User name and password required)
• JAMA Rational Clinical Examination Series (SUNY Downstate Licensed Resource. User name and password required)
• BMJ Best Practice (SUNY Downstate Licensed Resource. User name and password required)
• ClinicalKey (SUNY Downstate Licensed Resource. User name and password required)
• UpToDate (SUNY Downstate Licensed Resource. User name and password required)

Learning Evidence Based Practice

• SUNY Downstate Evidence Based Medicine Course
• SUNY Downstate Medical Research Library of Brooklyn Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Guide
• Duke University Medical Center Library's Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
• Dartmouth Library Evidence Based Medicine Guide

Finding Evidence

• Finding Evidence-Based Information (SUNY Downstate)
• Concise Tips for Using PubMed

Evaluating Health Information on the Web

• Georgetown University: Evaluating Websites-Medical Students Resource Guide
• Dalhousie University: Evaluation of Health Information on the Web
• Cornell University: Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

Evaluating Published Scientific Studies

• Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit (University of Alberta Worksheets)
• Scholarly Publishing @Downstate: Predatory Journals and Predatory Publishing
• How You Should Read Coronavirus Studies, or Any Science Paper

EBM Websites

• JAMA - Rational Clinical Examination Series (SUNY Downstate licensed resource. User name and password required)
• Duke University Medical Center Library Evidence-Based Practice Guide
• Dartmouth Library Evidence Based Medicine Guide
• Evidence-Based Medicine Toolbox

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov (Provided by the National Library of Medicine)
• International Clinical Trials Search Portal (Provided by the World Health Organization)

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
• Natural Medicines (SUNY Downstate Licensed resource. User name and password required)

Consumer Health

• Cochrane Library Consumer Network
• Medline Plus
• ethnoMED - contains materials in 24 different languages
• Massachusetts Health Promotion Clearinghouse - contains materials ini multiple languages
• Cleveland Clinic Health Library
• Mayo Clinic Health Information

Drug Information

• Epocrates - personal account required
• Therapeutics Initiative Evidence Based Drug Therapy (University of British Columbia)

Emergency Medicine

• Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Evidence Based Medicine Interest Group

Glossaries

• Clinical Epidemiology Glossary (from University of Alberta)

Guidelines

• ECRI Institute Guidelines
• Guideline Central
• Veterans' Administration/Department of Defense

Midwifery

• Resource Directory for Evidence-Based Maternity Care

Nursing

• Medical Research Library Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Guide

Occupational Therapy

• OT Seeker

Pediatrics

• AccessPediatrics (SUNY Downstate Licensed resource. User name and password required)
• Cochrane Child Health Field

Physical Therapy

• Physiotherapy Evidence Database

Prevention and Screening

• Preventive Services (The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ))

Public Health

• The Community Guide
• Cochrane Public Health Group
• Campbell Collaboration

Surgery

• Evidence-Based reviews - in PubMed and published in Canadian Journal of Surgery