McGill University Health Centre - Research Resources for Evidence-Based Nursing

Question Formulation
	Asking Clinical Questions Michigan State University
	Focusing Clinical Questions Oxford-Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
	Formulating Patient Centered Questions - P.I.C.O. Model for Clinical Questions University of Illinois at Chicago
Literature Searching
	10 Steps in Finding Papers McGill University
	How to Conduct a Literature Search (PDF/Adobe Acrobat) North Staffordshire Medical Institute Library, UK
	Common Literature Searching Mistakes University of Nebraska Medical Center
	Literature Review Guidelines: An Introduction to Research for Nurses The Royal Windsor Society for Nurse Researchers, Canada
	Searching Bibliographic Databases for Nursing Theory Margaret Allen
	Searching for the Evidence Based Resources for Nursing Margaret Allen, PowerPoint presentation
	Search Strategies to Identify Reviews and Meta-analysis in MEDLINE and CINAHL The University of York, UK
	Navigating the Maze: Obtaining Evidence-Based Medical Inforamtion University of Virginia Health Sciences Library
Critical Appraisal
	What is Critical Appraisal? (PDF/Adobe Acrobat) evidence-based-medicine.co.uk
	Appraising the Evidence University of Toronto
	CASP Appraisal Tools - 7 work sheets available Critical Appraisal Skills Program, NHS, UK
	Critical Appraisal Tools University of Leicester, UK
	AGREE Collaboration - Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation
	"How to Read a Paper" Series BMJ, 26 July 1997
	Critical Appraisal: Notes & Checklists SIGN: A Guideline Developer's handbook
	Critical Appraisal and Using the Literature SCHARR, UK
	Changing Practice: Appraising Systematic Reviews (PDF/Adobe Acrobat) Joanna Briggs Institute, Australia
	Critical Appraisal Worksheet for Diagnosis Oxford-Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, UK
	Reading an Article about Diagnosis Michigan State University
	Critical Appraisal Worksheet for Therapy Oxford-Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, UK
	Reading an Article about Therapy Michigan State University
	Critical Appraisal Worksheet for Systematic Review of Therapy Oxford-Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, UK
	Critical Appraisal Worksheet for Prognosis Oxford-Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, UK
	Reading an Article about Prognosis Michigan State University
	Critical Appraisal Worksheet for Harm/Etiology Oxford-Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, UK
	Reading and Doing Decision Analysis Michigan State University
	Study Design - A comparison of the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Different Types of Studies Oxford-Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Examples of Critical Appraisal
	University of North Carolina - Index of CAT Sheets by Subjects (US)
	Scottish Intensive Care Society - CAT Collection (UK)
	Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - The CATbank (UK)
Level of Evidence
	Levels of Evidence Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, UK
	Levels of Evidence Click on "Level of Evidence" in the left panel. Evidence-Based On-Call, UK
	Levels of Evidence at AFP American Family Physicians
	Frequently-Asked Questions on Levels of Evidence Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
EBN Projects / Research Groups
	Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing (ACE) The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
	Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health The National Health Service, UK
	Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health Department. of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, UK
	Centre for Evidence Based Nursing Department of Health Sciences, University of York, UK
	Evidence Based Nursing University of Minnesota
	Evidence Based Public Health Nursing (EBPHN) University of Illinois at Chicago
	Joanna Briggs Institute Australia
	Western Australia Centre for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery (WACEBNM)
Evidenced Based Journals
	EBN Online McGill access
	International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare (formerly JBI Reports) Joanna Briggs Institute McGill access
	New Zealand Evidence-Based Healthcare Bulletin Summary of News and Information about Evidence-based Healthcare Activities in New Zealand and Overseas
	Online Journal of Clinical Innovation Journal Website, ToCs and abstracts only
	Online Journal of Knowledge Synthesis for Nursing McGill access Continued as "Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing"
	Outcomes Management McGill access V.6, No.1/ 2002 -
	Outcomes Management for Nursing Practice McGill access Continued as "Outcomes Management", Back issues available from V.1, No.1/ 1997 ~ V.5, No.4/ 2001)
	Quality & Safety in Health Care McGill access
	Worldviews on Evidence Based Nursing McGill access Free trial period ends December 31, 2005. Full-text begins Vol.1, No.1/ 2004 -
Web-based Tutorials
	InfoPOEMs - InfoRetrieve Tour (By InfoPOEMs, Flash demo)
	Medline Tutorial - Display / Save Records from OVID (McGill University)
	OVID Web Gateway Tutorial (By OVID, Flash demo)
	PubMed Animated Tutorials (By NLM, contains several Falsh demos)
	PubMed at the UW (Instructional Video Clips) (By HealthLlinks, University of Washington)
	Quick Start Guide to Using OVID (By Royal Victoria Hospital Medical Libraries)
	Searching Medline (University of Illinois at Chicago, html file)
Glossaries
	Clinical Evidence - Evidence Based Medicine Glossary BMJ Publishing Group, UK
	Bandolier - EBM Glossary
	Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine - Evicence Based Medicine Glossary
	CEBM - Glossary of EBM Terms University of Toronto
	EBOC: Evidence-Based On-Call - Glossary
Other Resources
	Centre for Health Evidence (CHE) - Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice University of Alberta, Canada.
	Clinical Epidemiology for Effective Clinical Practice - Online Tutorial, A Internet Self-Directed Learning Workbook IntensiveCare.com
	Clinical Evidence - The International Source of Best Available Evidence for Effective Health Care Summaries of what's known and unkown about the treatment and prevention of nearly 200 medical conditions. BMJ Publishing Group, UK
	Cochrane Reviews - Index to Abstracts Sorted by collaborating Review Groups.
	Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit University of Alberta
	Evidence Based Public Health Nursing (EBPHN) Training modules on search skills available. University of Illinois at Chicago.
	Practising Evidence Based Nursing Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, UHN, Ontario, Canada.
	Evidence-Based Health Care: A Guide to the Resources The State University of New York at Buffalo
	Research Guide- Nursing McGill University
	National electronic Library for Health - Nurse Portal NeLH, NHS, UK
	Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine - a Tutorial Michigan State University, with quizzes.
	Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine Course materials, by McGill University.
	OpenClinical - Evidence Based Medicine International Technical Advisory Board
	Oxford Centre for Evidence Based Medicine Information on learning, doing, and teaching EBM.
	Publications about Evidence Based Medicine - Online Resources University of Illinois at Chicago