What is evidence-based practice (EBP)?
- Evidence-based practiceLocating best evidence: A step by step approach
Key evidence-based practice databases
- PEDro : Physiotherapy Evidence DatabaseA free web-based database which has been developed to give physiotherapists and others access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy
- Cochrane LibraryUp-to-date information on the effects of interventioans in health care.
- PubMed Clinical QueriesEvidence-based searching on the Medline database. Provides fast access to reliable clinical studies.
- Therapeutic GuidelinesTherapeutic Guidelines are disease-oriented guidelines for prescribing and give clear, practical and succinct recommendations for therapy. eTG is the complete collection of the print guidelines
- TRIP : Turning Evidence into PracticeAn amalgamation of databases of hyperlinks from evidence-based sites around the world
- UpToDateUpToDate is designed to answer the clinical questions that arise in daily practice at the point of care.
Books
How to Read a Paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine and healthcarePublication Date: 20196th ed
A Beginner's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice in Health and Social Care by Publication Date: 2013A simple introduction to evidence-based practice in the field of health and social care
Evidence-Based Practice across the health professions by Publication Date: 2024
Evidence-Based Rehabilitation by Publication Date: 2013
Qualitative Research in Evidence-Based Rehabilitation by Publication Date: 2003
Critical appraisal tools
- Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)This set of eight critical appraisal tools are designed to be used when reading research, these include tools for Systematic Reviews, Randomised Controlled Trials, Cohort Studies, Case Control Studies, Economic Evaluations, Diagnostic Studies, Qualitative Studies and Clinical Prediction Rule.
- CEBM: Centre for Evidence Based MedicineThe Centre for Evidence-based Medicine was established in Oxford as the first of several UK centres with the aim of promoting evidence-based health care. The CEBM provides free support and resources to doctors, clinicians, teachers and others interested in learning more about EBM.