Library Grand Rounds

Finding Evidence-Based Answers to Clinical Questions - Quickly and Effectively
Wednesday, February 2, 2005

Research Guide for Evidence-Based Medicine
Resources for the Busy Clinician

Chart: Finding Good (Evidence-Based)
Answers to Clinical Questions

Do you need to quickly find the "best" evidence on which to base patient care? February's Library Grand Rounds provided help with selecting appropriate resources and employing effective search strategies. We looked at information resources that filter data for you (e.g., Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the National Guideline Clearinghouse, eMedicine). We also explored the "Clinical Queries" and other filters in PubMed and Ovid MEDLINE.

This Library Grand Rounds featured Pamela Bagley, PhD, MLS; and Karen Odato, MLS, MSN, of the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries. They used a case-based presentation to demonstrate useful resources available to you to find evidence-producing studies on which to base patient care.

Library Grand Rounds are a forum for presenting information resources and tools of interest to Dartmouth clinicians. Please contact Karen Odato, the Libraries' Education Coordinator, if you have questions, comments or suggestions for future Library Grand Rounds.

The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center designates this educational activity for up to one Category I credit towards the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he or she actually spent in the educational activity. The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.