How to Read a Paper
Use the papers accessible through these sites to learn how to read a clinical paper.
- Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice - Center for Health Evidence Links to the complete set of of pre-publication Users' Guides, originally published as a series in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
- BMJ 'How to Read a Paper' Series This series of articles by Trish Greenhalgh was published in BMJ and is also available as a book from BMJ Publications:
How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine. 3nd ed. London: BMJ, 2006. - CMAJ Evidence based medicine series Canadian Medical Association Journal series of articles on evidence-based medicine.
Online Tutorials
- EBM Tutorial: Finding the best available clinical evidence Interactive tutorial from The University of Sydney Medical Sciences Libraries
- Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine A basic introduction to evidence-based medicine from Duke University.
EBP in Medicine
Evidence-Based Medicine is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. (Sackett DL, Straus SE, Richardson WS, et al. Evidence-based medicine: how to practice and teach EBM. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.)
Here are a selection of books on EBP in the Library - or search the Catalogue for a full list.
Essential Evidence : Medicine that Matters - Slawson
(2007)
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature : Essentials of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice - Guyatt
(2008) 2nd ed.
Evidence-based medicine : how to practice and teach EBM - Strauss
(2005) 3rd ed.
Clinical research methodology and evidence-based medicine : the basics - Babu
(2008)
Evidence-based medicine toolkit - Heneghan
(2006) 2nd ed.
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine - Greenhalgh
(2006) 3rd ed.
EBM on RSS
EBM Tools
- EBM Tools - Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine This section contains a selection of useful tools to help you practice and teach EBM.
- EBM Toolkit - University of Alberta A collection of tools for identifying, assessing and applying relevant evidence for better health care decision-making.
Contact Details
For assistance in locating Evidence Based Medical material, contact Jeremy, Elizabeth, or Monica at the Medical Library:
Jeremy Cullis
p: 90367678
m: 0434 141 031
e: j.cullis@library.usyd.edu.au
Elizabeth Pigott
p: 93515315
m: 0434 606 887
e: e.pigott@library.usyd.edu.au
Monica Cooper
p: 93515317
e: m.cooper@library.usyd.edu.au
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