General Guides
Specialized Sites
Hong Kong Related Sites
Organizations
Web Tutorials

General Information

Bandolier
Using evidence-based medicine techniques to provide advice about particular treatments or diseases. An Internet journal maintained by Bandolier.

BestBETS
Provides rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK.

Clinical Evidence
An updated directory of evidence on the effects of clinical interventions. Offered by the BMJ Publishing Group.

Critically Appraised Topics
CATS maintained by the University of Rochester Medical Center, intended for information and education only.

EBM Online: Evidence-Based Medicine
Aims to alert clinicians to important advances in general and family practice, internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, paediatrics, and obstetrics and gynaecology. Produced by the BMJ Publishing Group of the BMA, assisted by Stanford University's HighWire Press.

Evidence-Based Medicine
Resources on evidence-based medicine. Maintained by University of Hertfordshire.

TRIP Database
Resources on evidence-based medicine. Maintained by University of Hertfordshire.

Evidence-Based Mental Health
Aims to alert clinicians working in the field of mental health to important and clinically relevant advances in evidence-based medicine. Produced by the BMJ Publishing Group of the BMA, assisted by Stanford University's HighWire Press.

Evidence-Based Nursing
Aims to alert practising nurses to important and clinically relevant advances in evidence-based medicine. Produced by the BMJ Publishing Group of the BMA, assisted by Stanford University's HighWire Press.

Evidence-Based Pediatrics Web Site
Resources for developing skills in the practice of evidence-based pediatrics. Maintained by the University of Michigan Health System.

Evidence Based Journal Reviews
Provided by the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (PedsCCM) and IntensiveCare.com.

Evidence Based Practice
Website developed by the Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong.

The Joanna Briggs Institute For Evidence Based Nursing & Midwifery
International Research Collaboration based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Adelaide University with collaborating centres in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Canadian Centres for Health Evidence

Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health (University of Oxford)

Centre for Evidence-Based Nursing (University of York)

Cochrane Collaboration

Evidence-Based Practice Centres

Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center

Health Information Research Unit. Evidence-Based Health Informatics (McMaster University)

NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (University of York)

National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment (Southampton University)

CASP: Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
Information and workshops on Critical Appraisal Skills Programme. Hosted by Public Health Resource Unit, U.K.

Center of Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM)
Website serves to develop, disseminate and evaluate resources on EBM for undergraduate, postgraduate and health care professionals from a variety of clinical disciplines. Maintained by the Center of Evidence-Based Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital ?University Health Network, Toronto.

Clinical Practice Guidelines Catalogue
A directory of clinical practice guidelines covering a wide range of specialties. Maintained by the Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center.

The EBM Toolbox
An assortment of articles and materials useful for practitioners of EBM. Offered by the NHS Research and Development Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Oxford University.

Educational Courseware Resource Page
Maintained by UNC-CH, Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit
Collection of tools for identifying, assessing and applying relevant evidence for better health care decision-making. Based on the work of the Evidence Based Medicine Working Group, University of Alberta.

Evidence Based Medicine Finding the Best Clinical Literature
A guide designed to assist health care professionals and students become effective and efficient users of the medical literature. Maintained by the Library of the Health Sciences - Peoria, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Evidence-Based Medicine: What It Is and What It Isn't
Article on evidence-based medicine by David L Sackett, et. al. from the British Medical Journal (BMJ 1996; 312: 71-2).

How to Find the Evidence - the Basics
A short course providing information resources available to locate research evidence and the process of translating a clinical question into an effective search strategy. Produced by the School of Health & Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield.

How to read a paper
Provides introductory articles on critical appraisal published in the BMJ. Maintained by the Unit for Evidence-Based Practice and Policy, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London.

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
Tutorial on the principles and process of Evidence-Based Medicine, intended for any health care practitioner or student. Organized by Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

An Introduction to Information Mastery
Web-based course introducing the basic concepts of Information Mastery, Evidence-Based Medicine, and critical appraisal of the medical literature. Organized by Department of Family Practice, Michigan State University.

Netting the Evidence
Intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizations and useful learning resources. Hosted by The University of Sheffield.

SUNY Health Sciences Evidence Based Medicine Course
An Internet course on EBM developed by the Medical Research Library of Brooklyn, SUNY Downstate Medical Center.

US Prevention Task Forces Guides to Clinical Preventive Services
A reference source on the effectiveness of clinical preventive services-screening tests for early detection of disease, immunizations to prevent infections, and counseling for risk reduction. Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice
A complete set of Users' Guides to Evidence-based Medicine. Originally published as a series in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA )? Maintained by the Canadian Centers for Health Evidence.