Resources and Tools

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Evidence-Based Resources and Office Tools

Canadian Centres for Health Evidence

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (UK National Health Service)

Evidence-Based Medical Practice - Université Laval

Evidence-Based Medicine: Finding the Best Clinical Literature by Jo Dorsch, Library of the Health Sciences - Peoria, University of Illinois at Chicago

Evidence-Based Medicine Tool Kit

Glossary of Evidence-Based Medicine Terms (Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Toronto)

McGill University Health Sciences Library - Evidence-Based Healthcare Resources

Tools Based on CTFPHC Recommendations:

Maternity Care Calendar

Pregnancy Planning Guide

Rourke Baby Charts

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Evidence-Based Guidelines Developers

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Clinical Practice Guidelines

Evidence-Based Practice

Preventive Services:

Alberta Clinical Practice Guidelines Program (Alberta Medical Association)

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research: Health Technology Assessment

British Columbia Council on Clinical Practice Guidelines

British Columbia Office of Health Technology Assessment (BCOHTA)

The Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre (CCN/C)

Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA)

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation

Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)

Canadian Policy Research Networks

Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence-Based Care

Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment (CAHTA)

Centers for Disease Control Recommends (Prevention Guidelines System)

Centre for Clinical Effectiveness, Monash Institute of Public Health

Centre for Evaluation of Medicines

Centre for Research and Evaluation in Diagnostics (CRED)

Cochrane Collaboration

Community Health Research Unit (CHRU) - University of Ottawa

Clinical Research and Development Program (CRDP)

Conseil d'évaluation des technologies de la santé du Québec (CETS)

Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (HEALNet)

Health Evidence Bulletins (Wales)

Health Information Research Unit (HIRU)

Health Services Technology Assessment Texts (HSTAT)

Health Services Utilization and Research Commission (HSURC) - Saskatchewan

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)

Institute for Work & Health

International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA)

International Society of Technology Assessment in Health Care (ISTAHC)

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Evaluation (MCHPE)

McMaster Evidence-Based Practice Center

Medical Technology and Practice Patterns Institute (MTPPI)

National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (NCCHTA)

Networks of Centres of Excellence

New Zealand Guidelines Group

National Health Services Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (NHS CRD)

Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre

Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care (SBU)

Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

World Health Organization (WHO)

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Evidence-Based Clearinghouses

Bandolier

BioMedNet

CMA Infobase - Clinical Practice Guidelines

Guideline Advisory Committee

National Guideline Clearinghouse (United States)

New Zealand Health Technology Assessment Clearinghouse for Health Outcomes and Health Technology Assessment (NZHTA)

PEDro: The Physiotherapy Evidence Database

The ScHARR Guide - Netting the Evidence

Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)

TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)

Canadian Medical Professional Organizations

Canadian Medical Association

Canadian Paediatric Society

Canadian Society for International Health

College of Family Physicians of Canada

Canadian Library of Family Medicine

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada

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Government Health Information

The Canadian Health Network

Health Canada

International Ministries of Health

CTFPHC 1994 Guide at Health Canada site

Statistics Canada

US National Institutes of Health

Provincial Ministries of Health

Alberta Health and Wellness

British Columbia Ministry of Health Services

Manitoba Health

New Brunswick Dept. of Health and Wellness

Newfoundland and Labrador Dept. of Health and Community Services

Northwest Territories Dept. of Health and Social Services

Nova Scotia Dept. of Health

Nunavut Health Centre

Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care

Prince Edward Island Health and Social Services

Québec (Ministère de la Santé des Services sociaux)

Saskatchewan Health

Yukon Dept. of Health and Social Services

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Selected On-line Journals

American College of Physicians - ACP Journal Club

American Family Physician

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Annals of Internal Medicine

Archives of Family Medicine

Archives of Internal Medicine

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

British Medical Journal

The British Journal of General Practice

Canadian Family Physician

Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)

Cancer Online

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Family Practice

The Journal of Family Practice

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

The Journal of Pediatrics

The Journal of the American Medical Assocation (JAMA)

The Lancet

Le Médecin du Québec

The Medical Journal of Australia

New England Journal of Medicine

New Zealand Family Physician

Pediatrics

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MEDLINE Search Engines

PubMed: Advanced MEDLINE Search [Provides free access to MEDLINE (for advanced users)]

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General Reference Tools

1UPHealth.com (provides general medical and health information)

ADAM Medical Encyclopedia (includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries; also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations)

Canada 411 (phone directory)

Health Insite (Commonwealth Government of Australia) (provides general health information)

InteliHealth (Harvard Medical School) (provides general health information)

The Interactive Patient (allows the user to simulate an actual patient encounter)

MayoClinic.com (provides general health information)

MEDLINEplus (U.S. National Library of Medicine) (provides general health information)

The Virtual Hospital  (provides patient care support and distance learning to practicing physicians and other healthcare professionals)

Webster Dictionary (including thesaurus)

Internet Search Engines (use these search engines to surf the World Wide Web)

Alta Vista

Canada.com

Google

Excite

Yahoo! Canada

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