Evidence Direct: 'What's New!' archive |
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August/September
Quertle: a new search engine for biomedical research - go to http://www.quertle.info/v2/
Calculator for NNTs and CIs (really cool!): http://www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/nnt1.cfm
Critical appraisal course online (free): go to http://www.healthknowledge.org.uk/ and click on Interactive Learning. Health Knowledge is an integral part of the (UK's) Department of Health's 'Informing Healthier Choices' strategy, resulting in a fully developed learning forum, using different types of learning styles.
EBP in 4 days: from the CEBM (Oxford): an online blog-based free 'course' - click here to see.
GoPubmed: a version of PubMed that combines MeSH searching with Gene Ontology searching: click here to see (note: site in beta mode)
May/June/July 2010
Doc2Doc debate on Tamiflu (in response to recent Cochrane report) - to see, click here.
Fraud and systematic reviews: article in Anaesthesia, 2010, 65 - click here to see.
SCIRUS search engine (searches scientific sites only): could be useful in combination with a Google Scholar search as a last resort - go to www.scirus.com/srsapp/
'Gas Exchange' is a clinical Q & A service set up for a 'global community asking and answering questions about anesthesia, intensive care, pain medicine and resuscitation' - click here to see.
March/April 2010
NHMRC Clinical Guidelines Portal: recently launched - go to www.clinicalguidelines.gov.au/
HSL Learning Centre: click here to see (Note: use either Guest access or Melbourne Health username/password)
Article critiquing WHO on A(H1N1) 'pandemic': click here to see abstract.
Link between A(H1N1) and IgG2 in Austin Health study: see article in The Age.
Peoples' Open Access Education Initiative is a learning site, specialising in public health and aimed at under-developed and developing countries. To see, go to http://peoples-uni.org/
January/February 2010
Cochrane Journal Club: includes full-text paper, opportunity to ask questions/comment, and view versions via Powerpoint and podcast. For details, click here.
Cochrane videos: on consumer health. Click on Consumer info (left menu) then scroll to bottom of page.
Media Doctor (Newcastle, NSW): Media Doctor reviews current news items about medical treatments, assesses their quality using a standardised rating scale and presents reviews of good and bad examples of reports on this website. To see, click here.
Oseltamivir ('Tamiflu') criticised by Cochrane review on effectiveness of neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in healthy adults: see BMJ article
Journal Watch new issue: via CEBM (Oxford) - click here.
Launch of CEBPA: by A/Prof. Sharon Straus (RMH International Visitor 2009). The virtual Centre for Evidence Based Practice can be found at http://www.cebpa.info/ (IMPORTANT: to see the full range of resources on CEBPA you will need to Logon/register on the site.)
December 2009
Trust the Evidence is a blog by Carl Heneghan (Deputy Director of the CEBM, GP and clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford) and Ami Banerjee (Cardiology trainee and clinical research fellow at the University of Oxford) on EBM/EBP issues. Packed with interesting stuff - go to http://trusttheevidence.net/
Gateway to search clinical trials: http://www.controlled-trials.com/mrct/
NNT tool (via JAMA Evidence): click here to access
September/October/November 2009
TRIP Database: new format, new features: click here to see.
The following sources to 'evidence' syntheses are now available:
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BMJ Best Practice via Athens logon.
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MD Consult available - click here (via RMH machines).
Influenza (A)H1N1:
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Latest evidence report, updated dynamically - click here.
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Interactive map of reported cases (includes alerts) - click here.
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NLM (US) guideline - click here.
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Melbourne Health A(H1N1) website, via Intranet, with links to CDC, WHO, Australian Commonwealth and Victorian Government Flu Pandemic updates, as well as Melbourne Health A(H1N1) guidelines - click here.
June/July/August 2009
CEBM and Cochrane on Twitter! The Oxford-based Centre for Evidence-based Medicine now has a Twitter 'site' called "Trust the Evidence". To follow, go to: http://twitter.com/cebmblog Cochrane Collaboration also has a Twitter site: http://twitter.com/cochranecollab (Note: to see, you will need to register with Twitter first).
New NLH (UK) Evidence site: click here.
April/May 2009
How to use PubMed CQ: in case you missed it (published 2003) there is an excellent paper on using PubMed Clinical Queries, authored by Doig GS and Simpson F. Click here to see.
Organic meals in hospitals: click following link to see video on UK experiment: http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/medialibrary.aspx?Id={F3D8E8F4-5B5F-4CEB-B135-1D88558481E9}&Uri=video/2009/March/Pages/Hospitalfood.aspx
CEBM Oxford website revamped. Major refurbishment of site, with lots, lots more resources. Click here to see.
Trip blog entry on Evidence Direct and Evidence Direct clinical summaries: click here to see.
February/March 2009
Online course on critical appraisal: free demo covers cohort studies and case control studies. Click here to try.
Genetics/EBM page: now includes resources on education, tols, literature and organisations, as well as an expanded search facility on EBM/Genetics content - click here to see
McMaster University KT (Knowledge Translation) service (evidence summaries, etc). Click here to see. (Note: you will need to register online.)
E-Learning resources collection revamped (includes 'movie' on using PubMed Clinical Queries) - click here to see.
December 2008/January 2009
Evidence Week 08 Presentations: local examples of turning evidence into practice (together with presentations from Keynote speakers etc) are now available - click here to see.
BMJ Learning is a collection of hundreds of learning modules and is now available internationally. Many of the modules (including interactive) are free. You will need to register - just go to: http://learning.bmj.com/learning/goto-channel.html
October/November 2008
Evidence on the Go: a collection of selected evidence sources when evidence is needed quickly. Click here to access.
Caresearch is a new site that specialises in palliative care knowledge resources, including evidence-based resources. Just click here to see.
Trip Answers, the (beta) Clinical Q & A repository of Trip Database, now references Evidence Direct. Click here to see.
August/September 2008
Knowledge and Clinical pathways: video interview by Map of Medicine with Sir Muir Gray.
Cochrane Podcasts - click here for audio summaries of all the latest reviews from the Cochrane Collaboration.
EBM/Genetics searching: click on menu item on left to see a selection of search facilities that marries together EBM and genetics information (accepts MeSH terms too!).
June/July 2008
Clinical Knowledge revamped. Clinical Knowledge (formerly "Prodigy") is a more linear version of the Map of Medicine and is limited to Primary Care topics. It is free. It has just undergone a design change and is easier to use. It is particularly useful for patient handouts. To see, go to: http://cks.library.nhs.uk/home
Evaluated consumer health websites: new section in Evidence Direct - see menu item, 'Consumer Info'.
April/May 2008
Cochrane Consumer Network: http://www.cochrane.org/consumers/homepage.htm
EBM/Genomic Medicine search facilities. Try these:
EBM Online (BMJ)
EBM Sources (Genetics)
NLH Genetic Conditions
PubMed CQ: Genetics
Interactive symptoms checker a) for diabetes Type 2 - click here to see; b) for heart disease - click here to see.
NHS Report on Health Libraries: advocates 800 Clinical Librarians for UK! Click here to see.
Free interfaces for searching Medline:
a) Unbound Medline EBM includes filters - click here to try
b) Ask Medline is a natural language query search facility - click here to try
c) PubMed via PICO: does what it says - click here to try.
February/March, 2008
EBM Toolbox now included as part of Evidence Direct (see menu on left).
IcebergSim - a clinical trial simulator - is developed by Eduardo Bergel and David Sackett and can simulate RCTs. A user can conceive a trial, including risk subgroups, sample size, outcome rates, effect size, lost to follow-up, compliance, stopping rules, etc. The program then generates 1000s of such trials. A summary of the results is presented, including relative risks, relative risk reductions, confidence intervals, p-values, etc. Also includes a sample size calculator for cluster or individually randomised trials. Click here to see.
CASP Online Tutorial on critical appraisal: www.phru.nhs.uk/Pages/PHD/CASP.htm
National Prescribing Centre (NHS). This is a fantastic example of a library of the future: Click here to see. After playing the movie, go in the lift and choose a therapy, then click on an area of the map to roam around. Lots of fun!
December 2007/January 2008
Global Evidence Mapping (GEM) Initiative: http://www.evidencemap.org/ The GEM Initiative is a non-profit collaborative academic program of the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. With funding support from the Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative, GEM is developing and maintaining up-to-date maps of research evidence in the broad clinical areas of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
Evidence Australia is a new (beta) search engine, based on Google technology and developed by RMH Evidence Direct, which searches evidence and related sites across Australia. To access, see menu on left or go to http://www.evidenceaustralia.net/
'Netting the Evidence' search engine developed by Andrew Booth (ScHARR) - click here to see.
Medworm: a directory of RSS feeds - by medical speciality and by medical condition. (Note: to get an RSS reader, try Google Reader (also does mashups).
Trials database for Mental Health: click here to see.
October/November, 2007
Critical appraisal course: developed by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. Click here to see it. (Note: be patient - it takes around a minute to load).
Evidence Direct News now dynamic via RSS feeds and mashups: click here to see.
Translating Evidence Into Practice, a PowerPoint presentation by Peter Greenberg and Terence Harrison.
Cochrane Consumer Network: watch the video.
August/September, 2007
"Hitting the Headlines" is a global service, via an RSS feed, from the UK-based CRD/NLH that dissects and critically appraises the latest Health 'break-throughs' as reported in the Media. (See also 'Evidence News' on left menu.)
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: http://www.uhl-library.nhs.uk/elearning/LiCA/index.htm (Note: be patient - it can take around a minute to load)
Can't find a systematic review? then try DUETS (Database of Uncertainties about the Effects of Treatments).
'Exploring the evidence-base: EBM & HSR Resources on the Net' Click anywhere on the screen above to see more. (Note: if you can't see the screen, click on this link instead: http://www.clinicallibrarian.wordpress.com/
June/July, 2007
Try out CatMaker. This tool from the (Oxford-based) Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine creates a critical appraisal for you.
Imaging (user name and password is 'dip'): http://www.imagingpathways.health.wa.gov.au/
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