Evidence-Based Medicine Resources At the Library

 Identify the 3 ways the Library can help with EBM questions  Explore the EBM resources available through the Library  Evaluate the benefits and limitations of each level of resources  List the ways the Library can ease your work

We can help with:  asking focused questions (PICO)  acquiring the best evidence  appraising the evidence with standard tools

 Comprehensive  AHRQ reviews  Cochrane Library  Clinical Evidence  First Consult  PIER  UpToDate

 Article-level  ACP Journal Club  POEMS  PubMed Clinical Queries

 Comprehensive resources  cover a lot of literature  may be too much  may not address your question

 Article-level evaluations  may not address specific questions  a lot to wade through  time-consuming

 Work with students on assignments  Work with you to create assignments  Evaluate online evidence-based products  Advise on research strategies  Offer scheduled classes  Partner with you on appropriate projects with an evidence focus

1. List 3 ways that Matas Library can help with your EBM questions. 2. The 2 levels for acquiring evidence are: a)Comprehensive and superficial b)AHRQ reviews and PubMed c)Comprehensive and article-level d)Clinical and basic science

3. One limitation of library EBM resources is: a)may be too time-consuming b)may not focus on a specific question c)may be based on the wrong databases 4. The Matas Library can ease your work by: a)scheduling clinical cases b)advising you after you have exhausted all resources c)evaluating offline evidence-based products d)partnering with you - the end Come see us at the Library!