Databases marked with an * are subscribed to by the Library and are only available to Fiji School of Medicine (FSM) staff and students. Staff and students will need an FSM Login and Password to access these databases. Please contact the Library, if you require assistance.
Structured evidence based information pertaining to clinical questions. These provide quick answers to clinical questions
http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/index.jsp
Clinical Evidence includes the best available evidence from systematic reviews and RCTs on the effects of common and clinical interventions. Clinical Evidence is rigorously peer-reviewed. Link to Quick Guide.
http://www.UpToDate.com
UpToDate is a synthesis of the best available evidence by experts using best practice to provide practical recommendations to clinicians. It includes a broader range of topics than Clinical Evidence. UpToDate is ONLY available from FSM computers. Link to Quick Guide.
http://www.dynamicmedical.com/
DynaMed Disease Summaries are based on systematic surveys of original research reports, journal review services (ACP Journal Club), sources of systematic reviews and drug information, and guideline collections. To access Dynamed complete the registration process on the website. DynaMed is updated daily and free to developing Countries.
Synopsis of individual studies and reviews provide enough information to answer a clinical question.
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/
Bandolier is produced monthly in Oxford for the NHS R&D Directorate. It contains bullet points (hence its title) of evidence-based medicine. Internet access is free
http://www.bmjjournals.com/
The purpose of these Evidence-Based journals is to alert clinicians to important advances in the fields covered by the journals by selecting from the biomedical literature those original and review articles whose results are most likely to be both true and useful. These articles are summarised in value-added abstracts and commented on by clinical experts. Other evidence-based journals are available through the HINARI Gateway* - Login to access full text.
Syntheses of the existing evidence that addresses a focused clinical question offer some assurance as to the quality of the findings.
http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/index.htm
The Cochrane Library is noted as the best available single source of reliable evidence about the effects of healthcare. The Cochrane Library's main purpose is to determine if there is evidence for the effectiveness of one treatment over another.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.shtml
PubMed's Clinical Queries feature allows you to: search by clinical study category; etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis; find systematic reviews; and conduct medical genetics searches.
http://www.rhlibrary.com/default.asp
RHL includes the systematic reviews from the Cochrane Library that relate to reproductive health as well as other resources. The aim of RHL is to provide evidence-based strategies for dealing with reproductive health problems in developing countries.
http://www.update-software.com/publications/Renal/
Renal HL is an open source database that contains the systematic reviews, RCTs and other information from the Cochrane Library that relates to kidney disease and the Cochrane Renal Group.
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/crddatabases.htm
The NHS (UK) Center for Reviews and Dissemination (NHSCRD) conducts reviews of research about the effects of interventions used in health and social care. The Center maintains the following databases: Abstracts of Reviews of Effects; NHS Economic Evaluation Database; Health Technology Assessment Database; and Ongoing Reviews Database. These databases are all FREE on the Internet (open source).
Not found anything? Look for original studies
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/clinical.shtml
PubMed's Clinical Queries feature allows you to: search by clinical study category; etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis; find systematic reviews; and conduct medical genetics searches.
http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/index.htm
The Cochrane Library is noted as the best available single source of reliable evidence about the effects of healthcare. The Cochrane Library's main purpose is to determine if there is evidence for the effectiveness of one treatment over another
http://www.pedro.fhs.usyd.edu.au/index.html
PEDro is a database, which provides access to the bibliographic details and abstracts of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy.
http://www.otseeker.com
Contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised contorolled trials relevent to occupational therapy.
Statements of appropriate care designed to assist the practitioner and patient make about appropriate health care.
http://www.nzgg.org.nz/
http://www.mja.com.au/public/guides/guides.html
http://www.guideline.gov
Search Engines that enable you to simultaneously search multiple evidence-based databases.
http://www.tripdatabase.com/
The Trip database indexes a range of high quality EBM resources. Non-subscribers can conduct five (5) free searches per week.
http://sumsearch.uthscsa.edu
Sumsearch is a meta-search engine for selected EBM resources, PubMed, DARE, e-Medicine and the National Guideline Clearinghouse. The University of Texas Health Science Center developed SUMsearch to assist medical students to find best evidence on the Web.
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