Evidence-Based Practice: EBP Tools Table
This guide is designed to assist health care professionals to become effective and efficient users of the medical and nursing literature.
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The EBP Tools Table below lists some of the prominent EBP Resources available today, the document type, where that fits on the EBP Evidence Pyramid, and whether Ascension Wisconsin Libraries have access to it or not.
| EBP Sources | Document Type | EBP Pyramid Level | Full Text |
Ascension Wisconsin Availability |
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| Structured abstracts | Clinical Research Critiques |
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| AHRQ Evidence Reports | Guidelines,Evidence Summaries | Evidence Guidelines |
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| BestBETS | Systematic reviews | Other SRs and meta-analyses |
X
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X
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| Canadian Family Physician: Critical Appraisal Collection | Evidence Summaries | Evidence Summaries |
X
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X
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| CINAHL Document Types | Research articles | RCTs, case cohorts, control studies |
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X
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| CMA Infobase | Guidelines | Articles and Guidelines |
X
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X
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| Clinical Evidence | Evidence Summaries | Evidence Summaries |
X
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| Clinical Inquiries FPIN | Evidence Summaries | Evidence Summaries |
X
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X
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| Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials | Abstracts of RCTs | RCTs, case cohorts, control studies |
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Evidence Summaries Systematic reviews |
Cochrane Systematic Reviews |
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X
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X
X
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| DARE | Abstracts of systematic reviews | Cochrane Systematic Reviews |
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X
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| DynaMed Plus | Evidence Summaries | Other Reviews of the Literature | X | X |
| EBM Online (BMJ Journals) | Structured abstracts | Clinical Research Critiques |
X
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X
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| ECRI Guidelines Trust | Practice Guidelines and Guideline Briefs | Evidence Guidelines |
X
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X
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| EBM Reviews (includes Cochrane) | Systematic Reviews, RCT Abstracts |
X
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X
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| Essential Evidence Plus | Evidence Summaries, reference text | Clinical Research Critiques |
X
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| Clinical Overviews (via Clinical Key) | Evidence Summaries , reference text | Other reviews of the literature |
X
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X
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| Clinical Key Guidelines | Guidelines | Articles and Guidelines |
X
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X
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| JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports | Systematic Reviews | Other reviews of the literature | X | X |
| Natural Medicines | Evidence Summaries, reference monograph | Other reviews of the literature |
X
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X
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| Nursing Reference Center Plus | Evidence-based Care Sheets |
Evidence Summaries / Critical Appraisals |
X
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X
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| POEMs via Essential Evidence Plus | Structured abstracts | Clinical Research Critiques | X | |
| PubMed Clinical Queries | Research articles | RCTs, case cohorts, control studies |
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X
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| PubMed Publication Types | RCTs, review articles | RCTs, case cohorts, control studies |
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X
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| PubMed Systematic Reviews | Systematic reviews | Other SRs and meta-analyses |
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X
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| PubMed Health | Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries | Evidence Summaries |
X
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X
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| Scientific American Medicine | Reference Text | Clinical Reference Texts |
X
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| TRIP | All resource types | Search engine |
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X
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| UpToDate | Evidence Summaries | Other reviews of the literature |
X
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Individual Subscriptions
No statewide access.
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| USPSTF Recommendations | Guidelines | Evidence Guidelines |
X
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Updated 2 November 2022.