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Evidence-Based Practice Resources (EBP)

Glossaries 

• Glossary of EBM Terms (Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Toronto)
• OCEBM Table of Evidence Glossary (Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford)

 Calculators 

• Diagnostic Test Calculator
• Health Calculators (Medical College of Wisconsin)
• UBC Bayesian Calculator
• UBC Clinical Significance Calculator
• MedCalc3000

 Practice Guidelines 

• National Guideline Clearinghouse (AHRQ)
• Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (Registered Nurses Association of Ontario)

 Databases 

• Cochrane Library (Cochrane Collaboration) - Includes Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Controlled Trials Register, DARE:  Database of Abstracts of Review of Effectiveness
• PubMed Clinical Queries - Search for systematic reviews or by clinical study category using pre-formulated search filters
• TRIP Database - "Turning Research Into Practice"
• Virginia Henderson International Nursing Library (Sigma Theta Tau International, the International Honor Society of Nursing) –database of 10,000+ nursing research studies

 Electronic Journals 

• ACP Journal Club (American College of Physicians)
• Bandolier - "Evidence Based Thinking About Health Care"
• Evidence-Based Medicine 
• Evidence-based Nursing

 Web Sites 

• Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature (JAMA, 1st Edition)
• Evidence-Based Practice Education Center of Excellence (NC librarians)
• EBM Resource Center (NY Academy of Medicine)
• Evidence Based Practice Resources(McMaster University)
• Online Evidence-Based Emergency Medicine (EBEM) (Annals of Emergency Medicine)

 Tutorials 

• Introduction to EBM (CEBM Toronto)
•  EBM Primers (UMass)
• Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice (Duke)
• Evidence-Based Practice (U Minn)
• EBM Tools (CEBM Oxford)
• EBM Resources  (SUNY Downstate Med Center) 
• Evidence Based Practice Tutorial for Nurses (Penn State)