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EBM Resource Gallery
The following is a list of helpful online and published EBM resources. Check this page frequently for updates. If you have a resource you would like to add to the list, contact Laura Walsh. Web Sites EBM and Statistical Dictionaries and Terminology Statistical Computers and Calculators Electronic Databases, Search Portals and Informational Sites Levels of Evidence Chart Journal Articles and References Download List as a Word Document Web Sites Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Learning EBMhttp://www.cebm.net/learning_ebm.asp Doing EBMhttp://www.cebm.net/using_ebm.asp Teaching EBMhttp://www.cebm.net/teaching_ebm.asp The EBM Toolbox: Includes resources on asking focused clinical questions, a glossary, 2x2 table calculators, and many other useful items.http://www.cebm.net/toolbox.asp Calendar of International EBM Workshopshttp://www.cebm.net/calendar.asp Bandolier Essays What is EBM?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/ebm.pdf What is meta-analysis?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/Meta-An.pdf What is a systematic review?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/Syst-review.pdf What makes a good clinical guideline?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/WhatareClinGuide.pdf What are confidence intervals?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/What_are_Conf_Inter.pdf What is an NNT?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/NNT.pdf Implementing NNTs.http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/Imp-NNTs.pdf Primer on Calculating and Using NNTshttp://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/NNTextra.pdf Number Needed to Treat Calculatorhttp://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/NNTsheet.pdf Centers for Health Evidence http://www.cche.net/CHE/home.asp. Users Guide to the Medical Literature (of the Centers for Health Evidence)http://www.cche.net/usersguides/main.asp Cochrane The Cochrane Collaborationhttp://www.cochrane.org EBM and Statistical Dictionaries and Terminology Clinical Research and Good Clinical Practice Dictionary http://www.med.umich.edu/cacr/dictionary/G-I.htm International Statistical Institute Glossary of Statistical Termshttp://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/research/index.htm?http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/research/isi/concepts/concept01694.htm&1 The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement organization http://www.consort-statement.org/ Standards of Reporting Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement organizationhttp://www.strobe-statement.org/ Blood chemistry definitions:http://www.carbonbased.com/cbcblood.htm The Little Handbook of Statistical Practicehttp://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM Iron Monkey (blog) How to stump people with statisticshttp://ironmonkey.blogspot.com/2004/10/how-to-scare-people-with-statistics.html Back to top Statistical Computers and Calculators The R Project for Statistical Computinghttp://www.r-project.org/ BMI calculatorhttp://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm Back to top
The following is a list of helpful online and published EBM resources. Check this page frequently for updates. If you have a resource you would like to add to the list, contact Laura Walsh.
Web Sites
Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Learning EBMhttp://www.cebm.net/learning_ebm.asp
Doing EBMhttp://www.cebm.net/using_ebm.asp
Teaching EBMhttp://www.cebm.net/teaching_ebm.asp
The EBM Toolbox: Includes resources on asking focused clinical questions, a glossary, 2x2 table calculators, and many other useful items.http://www.cebm.net/toolbox.asp
Calendar of International EBM Workshopshttp://www.cebm.net/calendar.asp
Bandolier Essays
What is EBM?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/ebm.pdf
What is meta-analysis?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/Meta-An.pdf
What is a systematic review?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/Syst-review.pdf
What makes a good clinical guideline?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/WhatareClinGuide.pdf
What are confidence intervals?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/What_are_Conf_Inter.pdf
What is an NNT?http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/NNT.pdf
Implementing NNTs.http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/painres/download/whatis/Imp-NNTs.pdf
Primer on Calculating and Using NNTshttp://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/NNTextra.pdf
Number Needed to Treat Calculatorhttp://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/Extraforbando/NNTsheet.pdf
Centers for Health Evidence
http://www.cche.net/CHE/home.asp.
Users Guide to the Medical Literature (of the Centers for Health Evidence)http://www.cche.net/usersguides/main.asp
Cochrane
The Cochrane Collaborationhttp://www.cochrane.org
EBM and Statistical Dictionaries and Terminology
Clinical Research and Good Clinical Practice Dictionary http://www.med.umich.edu/cacr/dictionary/G-I.htm
International Statistical Institute Glossary of Statistical Termshttp://europa.eu.int/comm/eurostat/research/index.htm?http://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/research/isi/concepts/concept01694.htm&1
The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement organization http://www.consort-statement.org/
Standards of Reporting Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement organizationhttp://www.strobe-statement.org/
Blood chemistry definitions:http://www.carbonbased.com/cbcblood.htm
The Little Handbook of Statistical Practicehttp://www.tufts.edu/~gdallal/LHSP.HTM
Iron Monkey (blog) How to stump people with statisticshttp://ironmonkey.blogspot.com/2004/10/how-to-scare-people-with-statistics.html
Back to top
Statistical Computers and Calculators
The R Project for Statistical Computinghttp://www.r-project.org/
BMI calculatorhttp://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/bmi/calc-bmi.htm
Electronic Databases, Search Portals and Informational Sites Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp? National Center for Biotechnology Information www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ Entrez PubMedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi General Practice Research Database (GPRD)http://www.gprd.com/ Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (from the CDC)http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ Food and Drug Administrationhttp://www.fda.gov Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)http://www.cdc.gov/ National Center for Health Statistics (of the CDC)http://www.cdc.gov/nchs MEDWatch FDA’s safety and adverse event reporting databasehttp://www.fda.gov/medwatch/ TRIP database of medical literaturehttp://www.tripdatabase.com/ Info POEMs Patient Oriented Evidence that Mattershttp://www.infopoems.com/ National Guideline Clearing Househttp://www.guideline.gov/ Medline (use PubMed or Ovid portals for easy searching)http://medline.cos.com/ Agency for Health Care Research and Quality http://www.ahcpr.gov Emergency Care Research Institutehttp://www.ecri.org/ Other EBM-Related Web Sites North Carolina Area Health Education Center: Evidence Based Medicine, Education Center of Excellencehttp://library.ncahec.net/ebm/pages/index.htm To download EBM tools to your handheld devices (Palm or Pocket PCs):Will calculate RRR, ARR, NNT, and LHH. Download NNT and LR tables and a logbook for those clinical questions that come up while on rotation. http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/ Learning Modules – Becoming an Expert Preceptor (registration is free)http://www.med.unc.edu/epic/ CATbank: Critically Appraised Topics from the Centre for Evidence Based Medicinehttp://www.cebm.net/cats.asp Best Bets: Best Evidence Topics – Originally developed with an Emergency Medicine focus, they have since expanded into other areas. This site provides answers to clinical questions, using a review of the literaturehttp://www.bestbets.org/ EBM Curriculum from Emoryhttp://www.med.emory.edu/EMAC/curriculum/curriculum.html EBM Curriculum from University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Schoolhttp://www.fammed.wisc.edu/pds/three/ebm/ A tutorial to introduce EBMhttp://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Tutorials/EBM/index.htm Tutorial for EBMhttp://library.umassmed.edu/EBM/ A workbook idea and extensive tutorial.www.intensivecare.com/Tutorial.html An Information Mastery tutorial from Michigan State University and a link in the “Making Evidence-Based Medicine Doable in Everyday Practice” article.http://www.poems.msu.edu/infomastery Web sites provided by Dr. Robert J. Flaherty, M.D. in response to a request to use his Medical Myths article. A course for first-year medical students entitled "Introduction to Critically Reading and Evaluating the Medical Literature" which is designed to teach the students how to identify good clinical research and apply the research to practice. The on-line version of the course is at http://www.montana.edu/wwwrjf/crem/cremhome.htm. At the end of that course, most of the students write a systematic review on some clinical topic. Several evidence-based algorithms for use in Dr. Flaherty’s clinic. Those are available at http://www.montana.edu/wwwrjf/home.htm. Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial from SUNY Downstate Medical Centerhttp://library.downstate.edu/EBM2/contents.htm University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Evidence-Based Medicine Web Site: includes tutorialshttp://library.umassmed.edu/EBM/ Tutorials on Information Mastery at Michigan State University, including articles on:Diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, meta-analysis, decision analyses, and asking clinical questionshttp://www.poems.msu.edu/InfoMastery/ Introduction to EBM Tutorial from Duke University Medical Center Libraryhttp://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/ebm/welcome.htm Can’t get enough of EBM? Here’s another resource list of links to EBM sites.http://www.montana.edu/wwwebm/EBMresources.htm ACP Journal Clubhttp://www.acpjc.org/ For a general list of EBM rating systems and information sources, see:www.healthboard.com/websites/Medicine/Evidence_Based_Medicine/
Electronic Databases, Search Portals and Informational Sites
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp?
National Center for Biotechnology Information www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Entrez PubMedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
General Practice Research Database (GPRD)http://www.gprd.com/
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (from the CDC)http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Food and Drug Administrationhttp://www.fda.gov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)http://www.cdc.gov/
National Center for Health Statistics (of the CDC)http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
MEDWatch FDA’s safety and adverse event reporting databasehttp://www.fda.gov/medwatch/
TRIP database of medical literaturehttp://www.tripdatabase.com/
Info POEMs Patient Oriented Evidence that Mattershttp://www.infopoems.com/
National Guideline Clearing Househttp://www.guideline.gov/
Medline (use PubMed or Ovid portals for easy searching)http://medline.cos.com/
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality http://www.ahcpr.gov
Emergency Care Research Institutehttp://www.ecri.org/
Other EBM-Related Web Sites
North Carolina Area Health Education Center: Evidence Based Medicine, Education Center of Excellencehttp://library.ncahec.net/ebm/pages/index.htm
To download EBM tools to your handheld devices (Palm or Pocket PCs):Will calculate RRR, ARR, NNT, and LHH. Download NNT and LR tables and a logbook for those clinical questions that come up while on rotation. http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/
Learning Modules – Becoming an Expert Preceptor (registration is free)http://www.med.unc.edu/epic/
CATbank: Critically Appraised Topics from the Centre for Evidence Based Medicinehttp://www.cebm.net/cats.asp
Best Bets: Best Evidence Topics – Originally developed with an Emergency Medicine focus, they have since expanded into other areas. This site provides answers to clinical questions, using a review of the literaturehttp://www.bestbets.org/
EBM Curriculum from Emoryhttp://www.med.emory.edu/EMAC/curriculum/curriculum.html
EBM Curriculum from University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical Schoolhttp://www.fammed.wisc.edu/pds/three/ebm/
A tutorial to introduce EBMhttp://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Tutorials/EBM/index.htm
Tutorial for EBMhttp://library.umassmed.edu/EBM/
A workbook idea and extensive tutorial.www.intensivecare.com/Tutorial.html
An Information Mastery tutorial from Michigan State University and a link in the “Making Evidence-Based Medicine Doable in Everyday Practice” article.http://www.poems.msu.edu/infomastery
Web sites provided by Dr. Robert J. Flaherty, M.D. in response to a request to use his Medical Myths article.
A course for first-year medical students entitled "Introduction to Critically Reading and Evaluating the Medical Literature" which is designed to teach the students how to identify good clinical research and apply the research to practice. The on-line version of the course is at http://www.montana.edu/wwwrjf/crem/cremhome.htm. At the end of that course, most of the students write a systematic review on some clinical topic. Several evidence-based algorithms for use in Dr. Flaherty’s clinic. Those are available at http://www.montana.edu/wwwrjf/home.htm.
Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorial from SUNY Downstate Medical Centerhttp://library.downstate.edu/EBM2/contents.htm
University of Massachusetts Medical School’s Evidence-Based Medicine Web Site: includes tutorialshttp://library.umassmed.edu/EBM/
Tutorials on Information Mastery at Michigan State University, including articles on:Diagnosis, therapy, prognosis, meta-analysis, decision analyses, and asking clinical questionshttp://www.poems.msu.edu/InfoMastery/
Introduction to EBM Tutorial from Duke University Medical Center Libraryhttp://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/ebm/welcome.htm
Can’t get enough of EBM? Here’s another resource list of links to EBM sites.http://www.montana.edu/wwwebm/EBMresources.htm
ACP Journal Clubhttp://www.acpjc.org/
For a general list of EBM rating systems and information sources, see:www.healthboard.com/websites/Medicine/Evidence_Based_Medicine/
Levels of Evidence Chart
Evidence-Based Medicine has been added to the grading process as a judging criteria on the