8/26/2008
EB Nursing
Added a new page just for Nursing. Over the coming weeks we will add more resources to this page.

8/6/2008
Evaluation of a workshop on evidence-based medicine for social insurance physiciansEvidence-based medicine (EBM), a comprehensive method to support clinical decision making by using evidence, has been instrumental in clinical specialties but not yet in insurance medicine. Aims We developed and evaluated a workshop on EBM for Dutch social insurance physicians who perform disability evaluations.
Conclusions The workshop improved self-assessed EBM skills and self-efficacy both in the short and long term. The workshop also resulted in limited short-term improvements in self-assessed knowledge and in the intention to apply EBM in practice. The EBM approach can be successfully taught to social insurance physicians working in the field of disability evaluation.

8/1/2008
Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUETs): A resource to help prioritise new research
The Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments (DUETs) has been established in the UK to publish uncertainties that cannot currently be answered by referring to reliable up-to-date systematic reviews of existing research evidence. Systematic reviews are based on worldwide searches for reliable, relevant evidence, analysed using methods to reduce biases and the play of chance. More detailed information about systematic reviews and fair tests of the effects of medical treatments is available in the James Lind Library.


7-22-2008
Evidence-Paced Tutorial for Nurses
This online tutorial was created at Penn State Hershey Medical Center to promote consistent use of evidence based practices in the delivery of nursing care. The tutorial will show the steps in conducting EBP.


7-2-2008
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.



6-16-2008
Video Teaching Tips from the Journal of General Internal Medicine

• Making sense of diagnostic test results using Likelihood Ratios
• Adjusting for prognostic imbalances
• Understanding odds ratios

5-28-2008
Teaching EBM 101
Teaching Evidence-based medicine, which will be taught at the New York Academy of Medicine August 13-15, 2008 has openings for librarian students. This is an intensive class, in which librarians will work with physicians and other librarians to perfect their ability to teach EBM. For more information on the class, please visit: http://ebem.org/brochure.html. Note: Librarian tuition is the same as Resident tuition. Questions? Contact Patricia Gallagher (pgallagher@nyam.org)


5-23-2008
The 10th Rocky Mountain Workshop on How to Practice Evidence-Based Health Care will be July 27–31, 2008 at the Zermatt Resort & Spa, Midway, Utah (USA). The goal of this workshop is to make accessible to participants the skills and resources needed to translate research into practice. Continuing education credits and a 3:1 participant-to-tutor ratio are some of the highlights of this workshop, along with an exemplary faculty. Early registration ends May 31.
More information on the workshop and a list of faculty can be found at the web site http://ebhc.uchsc.edu, or by contacting Jen McIntyre Stachelski at jennifer.mcintyre@uchsc.edu. EBHC Workshop Coordinator Office: 303-724-7550



5-06-2008
EBCP Workshop at McMaster University
This page has been added to help support the librarians working with small groups at the McMaster EBCP Workshop. Librarians can post and share their teaching materials and experiences at the workshop.


4-09-2008
FREE online course on evidence-based health care
The US Cochrane Center is now offering an online course on evidence-based health care; the focus is on skills and knowledge for
consumer advocates, but the content is useful for anyone seeking new or re-newed competencies in evidence-based medicine.

The expectation is that the course be completed within three months of registration, and that evaluations will be completed. Course
registration is at www.cochrane.us; more complete information, including contents of each
module and course objectives, is at http://apps1.jhsph.edu/cochrane/CUEwebcourse.htm


3-17-2008
Awakening the Searcher within
Are you a new MEDLINE searcher or do you feel that you’ve forgotten some of those tips you learned about searching MEDLINE when you took the class years ago? Join us for this exciting distance learning seminar. The seven one-hour bi-weekly web sessions will help you get, or remember, tips and tricks for becoming, or remaining, an expert searcher. You will receive two questions for each session and have 2 weeks to work on the search. Then there will be a live web session where these searches will be discussed.
Andrew Hamilton and Dolores Judkins from the OHSU Library will facilitate the discussion, but remember, everyone searches differently, so you can be sure you’ll pick up some tips from everyone involved in the session.

New "Search Challenge" to practice and improve your searching skills from Vanderbilt University.
Interested in getting more "in-depth" into the process of designing a search strategy for patron questions - what terms are useful for a topic, what terms aren't, what databases and other resources are necessary to make sure you've identified as much as possible, etc? To this end, we're going to start posting a "search challenge" question each Monday. We encourage you to post your ideas and questions in the comments or to us by email (using our profile links above). You can also feel free to "reference interview" us by posting questions for clarification or more detail as needed. Then, each Friday we'll post a search strategy and other thoughts on that question. We hope this will add to the usefulness of the cases by giving another outlet for developing searching skills and discussing strategies with colleagues.

The week’s question is available onat http://jmlacasestudies.blogspot.com




1/30/2008
BMJ Updates
BMJ Publishing Group and McMaster University's Health Information Research Unit are collaborating to provide you with access to current best evidence from research, tailored to your own health care interests, to support evidence-based clinical decisions.

This service is unique: all citations (from over 110 premier clinical journals) are pre-rated for quality by research staff, then rated for clinical relevance and interest by at least 3 members of a worldwide panel of practicing physicians. Here's what we offer:

• A searchable database of the best evidence from the medical literature
• An email alerting system
• Links to selected evidence-based resources

1/16/2008
Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Librarians
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. July 28-30, 2008
This is an intensive, introductory, 2.5 day course designed for medical librarians by medical librarians. Through large group interactive lectures, small group discussion, and hands-on, case-based learning, you'll acquire skills needed to support and teach evidence-based clinical practice (EBCP). 18.25 MLA CE credits pending.

1/10/2008
EBMSearch.org/pubmed is a site in beta-test, meant for use by clinical professionals and expert searchers.EBMSearch is a specialized search engine for retrieving and managing high quality medical information from MEDLINE. For treatment, EBMSearch returns Level 1 evidence with a Grade Recommendation of A as defined by the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. Level 1 evidence constitutes systematic reviews and individual randomized controlled trials. "A" Grade Recommendation is evidence consistent with Level 1 studies.


12/12/2007
New Australian search engine launched. A new Australian search engine, called 'Evidence Australia', has been launched. 'Evidence Australia' searches all the main Health/Medical evidence sites in Australia and includes all the national guidelines that are freely available. The search engine has been authored by Terence Harrison, Clinical Librarian, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and is an adaptation of Google technology. It is hoped that in time 'Evidence Australia' will include all hospital guidelines throughout Australia.Details are also given on how to embed the search engine on to your own website. Eventually it is hoped that 'Evidence Australia' will have its own, unique URL.

Launch of bliki.A bliki - "Exploring the evidence base: EBM & HSR resources on the Net" - was recently launched. The bliki is a combination of a blog ("Exploring the evidence base", owned by Terence Harrison, Clinical Librarian at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and "EBM & HSR resources on the Net", a wiki owned by Catherine Voutier, an Information specialist with the Centre for Clinical Effectiveness at Monash).


2/05/2007 - can't find the right teaching material?
Try this. David Rothman has created a Google Custom Search Engine that searches across the Web pages of Medical Libraries listed at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/hslibs.html. This is a great way to find teaching materials from other libraries.