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Databases for Evidence-Based Practice

• EMB Reviews Databases
  • ACP Journal Club : ACP Journal Club summarizes the best new evidence for internal medicine from over 120 clinical journals.
  • Cochrane Library : The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. 
  • Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials (CENTRAL) :  Central is a highly concentrated source of reports of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials.
  • Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR) : CMR is a bibliography of publications that report on methods used in the conduct of controlled trials.
  • Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) : DARE includes systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health and social care services.
  • Health Technology Assessment (HTA) :  HTA database includes completed and ongoing health technology assessments from around the world. 
  • NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED) : NHS EED includes economic evaluations of health and social care interventions.
• BMJ Best Practice

Provides decision support through a step-by-step approach that is structured around patient consultation, covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.

• Cochrane Interactive Learning

Cochrane Interactive Learning is an online course which provides over 10 hours of self-directed learning on the complete systematic review process for both new and experienced review authors.​

• Covidence

Covidence is a web based tool that can help streamline and speed up the primary screening and data extraction processes when conducting systematic reviews.​

• Essential Evidence Plus

It is a comprehensive clinical decision support system that integrates information on 9,000 diagnoses into healthcare professionals’ clinical workflows.​

• PubMed Clinical Queries

PubMed Clinical Queries are designed to help users filter search results to high quality evidence-based clinical publications.

• Trip Database

The Trip search system has a collection of high quality of secondary evidence ranging from systematic reviews and clinical guidelines to evidence-based synopses and clinical Q&As.​

• UpToDate (On Campus Access Only)

Up-to-date is an evidence-based, peer-reviewed clinical resource to assist with diagnosis and treatment by providing specific answers to clinical questions, increasing users’ clinical knowledge and improving patient care

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