EBP Tutorial Toolkit
Search PrimeAnswers PrimeAnswers provides access to high quality information for primary care providers. Best-evidence documents from multiple sources have been indexed by UW information experts to provide fast access at the point of care. * Automatically combines (ANDs) words together, (e.g. breast cancer is searched as breast and cancer) * No spelling correction is done, * No spelling expansion is done  
SECONDARY SOURCES
TRIP Database Finding tool for evidence-based practice documents from multiple sites. Some direct links to original. Good method to search at one time: ACP Journal Club, Bandolier, DARE, ATTRACT, AHRQ Evidence Summaries, POEMs, NIH Consensus Statements, National Guideline Clearinghouse, and GPNotebook.
Finding tool for evidence-based documents
Search PrimeEvidence Source of documents selected for the PrimeAnswers evidence database are: <li> BMJ Clinical Evidence <li> AHRQ Evidence Reports <li> Family Practice Inquiry Network Answers <li> NEJM's Clinical Practice <li> JAMA's Rational Clinical Examination <li> AFP's Cochrane for Clinicians <li> JFP's Applied Evidence <li> Various NIH and association guidelines <li> Various calculators and prediction rules

800 evidence summaries & prediction rules.
Search ACP Journal Club

Search National Guideline Clearinghouse Search for summaries of peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines with link to copy of full guideline if available. Compare two or more guidelines side-by-side.

DynaMed Clinically-organized reference covering basic information and daily updates from the literature for primary care.
Requires registration.

 Essential Evidence Plus
Registration for pda use

 Prevention guidelines Preventive services guidelines, including USPSTF, Clinician's Handbook, breast cancer, cervical cancer, colorectal cancer and prostate cancer.
Clinician's Handbook, USPSTF and more.

 Cochrane Library Includes: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, and Controlled Trials Register. Search over 3000 gold-standard systematic reviews. Key section is 'Implications for Practice' in the Results section.

PRIMARY SOURCES
PubMed Clinical Queries & Systematic Reviews Subset search of the MEDLINE database using research method filters (e.g., RCTs). Limit by diagnosis, therapy, etiology and prognosis or search for systematic reviews.

Current Contents Connect Indexes table of contents of 7000 journals. Provides complete citation for articles, chapters, reviews, meeting abstracts, editorials, etc. English-language author abstracts are included for aboput 85% of the articles and reviews from science journals.
UW ISI Web of Knowledge version
OPTIONAL-LIMITED SOURCES
CFP Critical Appraisal Structured abstracts that critically appraise RCTs, meta-analyses or systematic reviews on questions relevant to family practice. Published in Canadian Family Physician.

Search AAFP Clinical Recommendations Search the combined AAFP Policies on Health Issues and AAFP Clinical Recommendations. AAFP search allows words or phrases, separated by commas.

Search Bandolier Bandolier distills information from evidence-based sources into recommendations for practice.

COMMON CONDITIONS
Diagnosis and therapy guidelines, calculators, patient education and fast searches for:
Asthma
Community Acquired Pneumonia
COPD
Depression
Dermatitis
Diabetes
GERD
GI Bleeding
Heart Failure
Hepatitis C
Hyperlipidemia
Hypertension
Low Back Pain
Menopause
Obesity
Osteoarthritis
Osteoporosis
Sepsis
Sinusitis
Smoking
More...
PATIENT EDUCATION
American Indians and Alaska Natives Gateway site with information on preventing and treating illness and developing a healthy lifestyle. The site includes sections on elder care, herbal medicine and traditional healing.
Source: healthfinder

OTHER RESOURCES
Search UpToDate Topic reviews on specific diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations by clinical experts who review available evidence. Updated 3x/yr. UpToDate system upgrade requires acceptance of the license agreement before entering the program. Once the license agreement is accepted you will be taken directly to the content relevant to the search terms. (Mar2002)

Search All of MD Consult Search 40 medical textbooks, patient education, drug information, news, and more in this compendium of clinician-centered information.

Micromedex Drug and alternative medicine monographs with a DrugPoints for quick summary. Patient handouts, acute/emergency care, toxicological managements and reproductive risks.

Search Natural Medicines Search scientific summaries for 1000 medicinal herbs and dietary supplements. Rates safety and effectiveness. Interactions with condition, drug, food, lab test and nutrient levels.

Herbs and dietary supplements.
IHS Clinical Information Services

CDC Lead federal agency for protecting health and safety of people, at home and abroad. Focused on disease infectious disease prevention and control, environmental health ahd health promotion.

CDC Travelers' Health Regional immunization, food, and water recommendations for international travelers.
Recommendations by destination.

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