Literature Searching: Evidence Informed Practice (& K2A)

Chapter 4 in Implementing the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Competencies in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Improving Quality, Safety, and Outcomes (2017)

Chapter 2 of Greenhalgh's "How to read a paper" covers a range of considerations for tackling searching through the masses of evidence in medical databases.

Article: Overview of critical appraisal tools for nurses summarizing methods for evaluation of the evidence using structured questions and/or a checklist.

Chapter 2.3 "Searching for Research Findings and KT Literature" covers strategies for searching and has clear tables of resources and key terms related to KT.

Chapter 21 "GRADE: a framework to evaluate the quality of evidence and facilitate shared decision making" covers and Overview of GRADE and examples of its application of "going form evidence to recommendation".

Article with Supplementary data containing the rubric and examples of a high quality question. The Fresno test is a performance based measure for use in medical education that assesses a wide range of evidence based medicine skills. This tool has been adapted to other clinical professions and forms a great starting point for asking clear questions.

This toolkit offers step by step guidance - including steps for preparing your clinical question and search, understanding the landscape of evidence and emerging areas, practicing shared decision making and practical tools such as critical appraisal checklist and statistics calculators .

April 2019 - The National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR) is pleased to announce the release of a newly revised Health Statistics tutorial (see Figure 1). Written by staff at AcademyHealth, this tutorial is aimed at students, librarians, and other professionals interested in an introduction to the principles behind health statistics.