Research: Where to look things up (when you have more time)
Libraries and MedLine
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CMA Clinical Resources full text journals, MD Consult, Guidelines, Ovid-MedLine -
Canadian Library of Family Medicine - College of Family Physicians of Canada -
Medical Library College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC -
VIHA Medical Library - Vancouver Island Health Authority
Free Journals On-Line
- American Family Physician
- BC Medical Association Journal
- Canadian Family Physician
- Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Medical Journal of Australia
General Resources
- Vancouver Island Health Authority
- Health Canada
- Research Raven - Research calls, funding, and conferences
- The Bear Bones - Research newsletter, UBC Department of Family Practice
Evidence-Based Medicine - Reviews
- TRIP Database - Turning Research into Practice: Search engine for the evidence base
- Cochrane Library - Evidence based reviews of clinical topics
- CMA Clinical Resources - for access to DynaMed, Essential Evidence Plus
- HealthEvidence - Public Health evidence base search engine - McMaster U - must register
- CADTH - Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health: Appraisals on line
- NNT - EBM reviews - American, mostly EM-related
- The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine - Concise EBM Reviews of literature
- Tools for Practice - Concise EBM Reviews of literature - Alberta College of Family Physicians
Evidence-Based Medicine - How to read and critique the literature
- CAT Maker and other EBM tools - Center for Evidence-Based Medicine
- CHEWS - Canadian Health Evidence Web Site - Dr. David Chan's collection of teaching resources
- Critical Appraisal Tutorial - Dr. Leduc's guide to how to read the medical literature
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Critical Appraisal Worksheets from the University of Ottawa: (pdf files)
Articles about therapy
Articles about diagnostic tests
Articles about prognosis
Guideline articles
Metanalysis articles - 2x2 Table calculator - For interpreting diagnostic tests.
- StatPages - many links to calculators, software, and other resources for statistical analysis
- "Statistics At Square One" - Good tutorial on basic clinical statistics
- "Statistics Done Wrong" - Good on-line text on statistics
- Short YouTube videos on EBM and statistical concepts - by the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools
- What researchers mean by ... - a glossery of terms with good explanations (eg. what is a confounding variable?)