• Top Priorities for Comparative Effectiveness Research
  

• AHRQ's WebN&M: Morbidty & Mortality Rounds on the Web
  Good resource for cases and scenarios to use in teaching. They provide a scenario, commentary and a list of references.
  

• Top Ten Medical Stories for 2008
  This year marked a number of important medical advances and intriguing health news. To help narrow the large list, ABCNews.com reached out to the top medical centers and doctors in a wide range of fields.Below is ABCNews.com's list of the Top 10 medical stories of 2008, deemed most important by doctors and found most interesting by readers. This is a good source for search examples.

• AHRG WebM&M
  AHRQ WebM&M (Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the Web) is the online journal and forum on patient safety and health care quality. This site features expert analysis of medical errors reported anonymously by our readers, interactive learning modules on patient safety ("Spotlight Cases"), and Perspectives on Safety.Good resource for finding cases for teaching Medline, EBM, etc.

• Evidence Based Case Reports from BMJ

Provides a case and then a critical appraisal of an article. This link is to the resulkts of a search in BMJ for "evidence based case report", an ongoing series in BMJ.

• Schaafsma F. Caution required when relying on a colleague's advice; a comparison between professional advice and evidence from the literature. BMC Health Services Research . August 31 2005. [Includes a list of 12 case vignettes with correct evidence based answer.
  

• Agostini JV. Cognitive and other adverse effects of diphenhydramine use in hospitalized older patients. Arch Intern Med. 2001 Sep 24;161(17):2091-7.For the case you can use with this study, see: http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/ebmcourse/harm/scenario.doc

• Browman GP. Essence of evidence-based medicine: a case report. Journal of Clinical Oncology 17(7):1969-73, July 1999.

• De Hertog SA, Leiden Skin Cancer Study. Relation between smoking and skin cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2001 Jan 1;19(1):231-8. http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/ebmclub/harm/harmcase.pdf

• Maisel AS, et al. Rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 18;347(3):161-7. OR Mueller C, et al. Use of B-type natriuretic peptide in the evaluation and management of acute dyspnea. N Engl J Med. 2004 Feb 12;350(7):647-54. Forthe case you can use with these studies, see: http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/ebmclub/tbaold/heflin_case.pdf

• Martin HK. Noninvasive Coronary Angiography With Multislice Computed Tomography
  JAMA 2005 May 25;293:2471-

• Miser WF. Critical Appraisal of the Literature at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/417866 (viewed 12/23/2005) or J Am Board Fam Pract. 1999 Jul-Aug;12(4):315-33.

• Perrier A, et al. Performance of helical computed tomography in unselected outpatients with suspected pulmonary embolism. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Jul 17;135(2):88-97.Forthe case you can use withthis study, see: http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/ebmclub/diagnosis/ebmclub/diagnosis_case.pdf

• Petrella RJ. Effects of Hyaluronate Sodium on Pain and Physical Functioning in Osteoarthritis of the Knee Arch Intern Med 2002 Feb 11;162:292-8.

• Ross JR. Systematic review of role of bisphosphonates on skeletal morbidity in metastatic cancer.
  BMJ. 2003 Aug 30;327(7413):469. [Erratum in: BMJ. 2004 Feb 14;328(7436):384.] For the case you can use withthis study, see: http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/ebmcourse/systematic/review_case.pdf

• Rowe BH. Nebulized ipratropium bromide in acute pediatric asthma: does it reduce hospital admissions among children presenting to the emergency department? Annals of Emergency Medicine 34(10):75-85, July 1999.

• Thomas, SH. Effects of Morphine Analgesia on Diagnostic Accurracy in Emergency Department Patients with Abdominal Pain: A Propsective, Randomized Trial. J Am Coll Surg. 2003 Jan;196(1):18-31 Forthe case you can use withthis study, see: http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/training/ebmclub/therapy/ebmclub/therapycase.pdf

• Weinfeld, JM. How to answer your clinical questions more efficiently. Family Practice Management July/August 2005; 12(7):37-41.

• Wiebe S. An evidence based approach to the first unprovoked seizure. Can J Neurol Sci. 2002 May;29(2):120-4.

• Zakowski L. Evidence-based Medicine: answering questions of diagnosis. Clinical Medicine & Research. Dec 2003;2(1):63-69.

• American Heart Journal (Scenarios) àEvidence Based Consult
• Bandolier
• BMJ àClinical Evidence
• Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Medicine (MD Consult)
  Jun. 2006 when it ceased publication (use the search boxes to find specific articles)
• Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine (PubCentral)
  
• Evidence-Based Health Policy & Management (MD Consult)
  title changed to Evidence-Based Healthcare 1999
• Evidence-Based Healthcare (MD Consult)
  Full text 1999-2005 when it ceased publication (use the search boxes to find specific articles)
• Evidence-Based Library & Information Practice (Nota)
• Evidence-Based Medicine (BMJ) àEBM Notebook
• Evidence-based Mental Health (BMJ)
• Evidence-Based Nursing (BMJ) àEBM Notebook
  Evidence-Based Obstetrics & Gynecology (MD Consult)
  2006 when it ceased publication (use the search boxes to find specific articles)
• Evidence-Based Oncology
• JAMA Rational Clinical Exam Series (systematic reviews of physical examinations)

• Journal of Family Practice à Clinical Inquiries (Example: PMID: 16882448)
• JMLA has a new coloumn that uses case studies to demonstrate use of the literature (Example: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=17082827)
  • Please visit the accompanying blog at http://jmlacasestudies.blogspot.com/ to see a discussion and contribute yourself
• Western Journal of Medicine (Best Practice section labeled "Evidence Based Case Reviews" or"Clinical Evidence." Stopped publishing in 2002. Backfiles available for free on PubMed Central. Examples: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=116287, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1070937&blobtype=pdf, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1071389&blobtype=pdf)

• New York Times-Health
• National Public Radio-Health
• Journal Watch http://www.jwatch.org/ (This updating service (from publishers of NEJM) might be another way for us to identify topics and studies of interest to various groups when we are planning training sessions on EBM searching. Some of the summaries/critiques are free and some require subscription, but even if we can't read the whole item it gives a good idea of what's of interest to the section editors. This covers specialties other than general internal medicine and might be more useful in that respect than ACP Journal Club. If you register you can see the full text of the archives (older than 6 mos).)
• Reuters

• Research Activities. a digest of research findings from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); great ideas for scenario topics;

• ACP Journal Club (hot topics)
• Cochrane Library
• TRIP
• Lab Tests Onlineà "In the News" section
• UpToDate, look in the "What's New" section

• ClinicalQuestions Collection This large collection of "real" questions posed by health providers in clinical settings is funded by NLM. Unfortunately no answers are provided, but the site offers a list of real-world clinical questions.
• Eskind Library Synthesized Information - Geriatrics Digital Library A small collection of clinical questions with a literature summary and selected references.