Evidence-Based Behavioral Practice Funded by NIH's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, this site aims to bring evidence-based practice to the behavioral and social sciences, a sector of health care that is a relative newcomer to EBM.Best BetsBETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. Although BETs initially had an emergency medicine focus, there are a significant number of BETs covering cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care and pediatrics. Search capability is not sophisticated, but if you happen to find a review on your topic, you can save yourself a lot of time. Center for Research & Evidence-based Practice at the University of Rochester School of Nursing University of Minnesota's Evidence Based Nursing Project - History, definitions, links to other EBN web sites.
Academic Center For Evidence-Based PracticeACE is based at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio School of Nursing. A Guide To Research Methodshttp://library.downstate.edu/EBM2/2100.htm Illustrates and explains the various research studies such as double-blind, cohort, randomized controlled etc. Prepared by SUNY Downstate Medical Center Medical Research Library of Brooklyn.Method for Grading health Care Recommendations http://www.cche.net/usersguides/recommend.asp#Component_I Recommendations from the Center for Health Care Evidence regarding interpretation of study findings. EBM Toolkit http://www.cebm.net/toolbox.asp From the Oxford-Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine. Contains tips on how to develop focused questions, literature searching strategies, summaries of statistical concepts such as NNT, SpPINS, SnNouts, relative risk ratios, confidence intervals, etc. Family & Community Medicine Residency EBM tools and resources from SFGH's FCM residency program.
Sara Cole Hirsh Institute for Best Nursing PracticeBased on Evidence at Case Western Reserve School of NursingVirginia Henderson International Nursing library A searchable registery of nursing research.
Search for Evidence & Critical Appraisal: Health Services ResearchA methodology for conducting a literature review of a health services research topic. Updated annually by the Belgian Healthcare Knowledge Centre.