Consumer guide to understanding and applying the concept.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the United States presents summaries and assessments for healthcare providers and clinicians. Documents may be viewed or downloaded at no cost.

A searchable database of evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, with details of courses and teaching material. Developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom.

Summarises current knowledge about the prevention and treatment of disease, based on appraisal of systematic reviews and randomized clinical trials. Free on-line access for physicians in the United Kingdom or in developing countries.

International not-for-profit organisation preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care. General information, access to the Cochrane Library, guidelines, manuals and software.

A general practitioner presents his collection of evidence-based information about common diseases and conditions, with links to original research.

Medical information database of clinical topic summaries, including a grading the quality of evidence cited, designed primarily for point-of-care use; updated daily.

Collection of summaries and critical appraisals regarding common on-call medical conditions, with definitions and a list of the specialties covered.

Free downloadable calculator computing sensitivity and selectivity, control event rates, numbers-needed-to-treat, and other evidence-based factors.

A defense of evidence-based medicine from the perspective of women's health concerns. (January 6, 2007)

Discussion of the applicability of evidence-based medicine in Latin American countries. (August 30, 2005)

An anesthesiologist's examination of some strengths and weaknesses of evidence-based medicine. (June 1, 2005)

An article from the Medical Journal of Australia explains the basic processes and concepts, with descriptions of common computer-assisted research tools. (January 1, 2001)

The principles and applications are explained, with examples provided for different specialties.

Delivers daily Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters (DailyPOEMs) by email and produces the InfoRetriever database system of evidence-based information next to a print newsletter 'Evidence-Based Practice'.

Comprehensive overview of Evidence Based Practice on the internet, with useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software and journals; from ScHARR, University of Sheffield.

The American Academy of Family Physicians presents a summary and assessment of five web-based research tools. Available as PDF download.

Medical search engine returning evidence-based research in categories for practice guidelines, and for systematic reviews, both from PUBMED and from DARE, including Cochrane abstracts.

The University of North Carolina presents an alphabetical list of clinical research topics, each with a review of strengths and weaknesses.