Evidence-based medicine (EBM) requires the integration of the best research evidence with our clinical expertise and our patient’s unique values and circumstances.
Clinically relevant research, sometimes from the basic sciences of medicine, but especially from patient-centered clinical research into the accuracy and precision of diagnostic tests (including the clinical examination), the power of prognostic markers, and the efficacy and safety of therapeutic, rehabilitative, and preventive strategies.
The ability to use our clinical skills and past experience to rapidly identify each patient’s unique health state and diagnosis, his or her individual risks and benefits of potential interventions/exposures/diagnostic tests, and his or her personal values and expectations. Moreover, clinical expertise is required to integrate evidence with patient values and circumstances.
The unique preferences, concerns and expectations that each patient brings to a clinical encounter and that must be integrated into shared clinical decisions if they are to serve the patient; and by patient circumstances we mean the patient's individual clinical state and the clinical setting.
PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews
PROSPERO is an international database of prospectively registered systematic reviews in health and social care, welfare, public health, education, crime, justice, and international development, where there is a health related outcome. This is a database where you pre-register when planning a systematic review. You can also check whether competing research is underway.
PRISMA: Transparent reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses
PRISMA is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. It is a site for creating and evaluating systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Checklists and flowcharts are often used.
Joannna Brings Institute The Institute collaborates internationally with over 70 entities across the world. The Institute and its Collaborating Entities promote and support the synthesis, transfer and utilization of evidence through identifying feasible, appropriate, meaningful and effective healthcare practices to assist in the improvement of healthcare outcomes globally. A global organization that supports evidence-based medicine. This is a critical appraisal tool created by JBI.
Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP)
CASP offers critical appraisal skills training, workshops and tools. These help you read and check health research for trustworthiness, results & relevance. This is a site where you can learn how to critically evaluate information. Information is evaluated in three steps: 1. Is the study valid? 2. What are the results? 3.Are the results useful?
The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (short GRADE) working group began in the year 2000 as an informal collaboration of people with an interest in addressing the shortcomings of grading systems in health care. The working group has developed a common, sensible and transparent approach to grading quality (or certainty) of evidence and strength of recommendations. This is the homepage of the GRADE system, the global standard for creating clinical practice guidelines.
These online learning modules are designed to help guideline developers and authors of systematic reviews learn how to use the GRADE approach to grade the evidence in systematic reviews, to create Summary of Findings Tables and GRADE Evidence Profiles, and move from evidence to making recommendations. This is a learning site from McMaster University for creating clinical practice guidelines using the GRADE system. There are two modules, one for Cochrane reviews and one for creating WHO guidelines.
Cochrane, previously known as the Cochrane Collaboration, is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization consisting of a group of more than 37,000 volunteers in more than 130 countries. It is the organization that produces The Cochrane Library.
Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions
The Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions is the official guide that describes in detail the process of preparing and maintaining Cochrane systematic reviews on the effects of healthcare interventions.
AGREE: Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation
It provides a framework for the development of clinical practice guidelines, led by researchers from Europe, North America and New Zealand.
GIN: Guidelines International Network
The Guidelines International Network (GIN) seeks to improve the quality of health care by promoting systematic development of clinical practice guidelines and their application into practice, through supporting international collaboration. Under Library & Resources, there is the International Guideline Library, where you can search for guidelines from 1990 onwards. You can also narrow down your search by country, language, etc. Detailed information on the guidelines can only be viewed by becoming a member.
NICE: National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence
NICE provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care. This website publishes guidance created by the UK's National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE).
CHNRI (Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative) – tool for setting investment priorities in health research
IDEOMETRICS.AI (CHNRI 2.0) – improved CHNRI tool that also uses artificial intelligence for decision-making
EQUIST (Equitable Impact Sensitive Tool) – tool for setting investment priorities in health interventions
PATHS (Pathways to Survival) – tool for identifying bottlenecks in programmes that aim to prevent mortality
PLANET (Planning and Evaluation Tool) – tool for monitoring and evaluation of health programmes
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Outside EBMCR