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Evidence Based Practice Background

Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) Online

Prepared by graduate students in the UBC and McMaster Online Graduate Studies

Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice - Centre for Health Evidence

Described on site as "the complete set of Users' Guides originally published as a series in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)." Selected by Jeremiah Saunders, eHelp Graduate Academic Assistant

WCPT Keynotes: Critical Appraisal Skills - Reading tips for the clinician: How to tell whether an article is worth reading. World Confederation for Physical Therapy - WCPT

2 pages from the WCPT explaining why evidence based practice is necessary, and how to apply it by finding a review article, and questions to ask when evaluating the source.

Evidence Based Practice - An International Perspective - World Confederation for Physical Therapy

39 pages on EBM (evidence-based medicine) from the Report of an Expert Meeting of WCPT Member Organisations, 13-15 October 2001, held at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, London, UK. Summary is posted as a highlight on this resource page.

Evidence Based Practice - An International Perspective - World Confederation for World Confederation for Physical Therapy

2 page summary of the Report of an Expert Meeting of WCPT Member Organisations under the title "Evidence Based Practice - An International Perspective - World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT)."

Evidence Based Practice Search Aids

SUMSearch

Simultaneously searches for original studies, systematic reviews, and practice guidelines from multiple sources. Searches for studies are revised up to 6 times as needed, while guidelines and systematic reviews may be revised once each. Results from PubMed, Dare, and NGC are merged and sorted

TRIP: Turning Research Into Practice

A clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice