Finding the Best Evidence
- Identify terms to fit your PICO question
- Look for secondary sources
- Search for primary sources
1 Identify terms to fit your PICO question
| Patient | Intervention | Comparison | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
2 Look for secondary sources
- Guidelines: UK National Library for Health, NICE, SIGN; US National Guidelines Clearinghouse; Canadian Medical Association; New Zealand Guidelines Group.
- CATs: CAT Crawler
- Evidence-Based Summaries: Bandolier, Clinical Evidence
- Structured Abstracts: EBM Online, ACP Journal Club
- Systematic Reviews: Cochrane Library
- To search several of the databases simultaneously you can use: www.tripdatabase.com
3 Search for Primary Sources
Use methodological filters to target the right type of study:
PubMED filters for:
- therapy
- diagnosis
- prognosis
- aetiology
