Transcript EBM Matas Library

Evidence-Based Medicine Resources
At the Library
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Identify the 3 ways the Library can help with
EBM questions
Explore the EBM resources available through
the Library
Evaluate the benefits and limitations of each
level of resources
List the ways the Library can ease your work
We can help with:
asking focused questions (PICO)
 acquiring the best evidence
 appraising the evidence with standard tools
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 Comprehensive
 AHRQ reviews
 Cochrane Library
 Clinical Evidence
 First Consult
 PIER
 UpToDate
Article-level
 ACP Journal Club
 POEMS
 PubMed Clinical Queries
Comprehensive
resources
 cover a lot of literature
 may be too much
 may not address your question
Article-level
evaluations
 may not address specific
questions
 a lot to wade through
 time-consuming
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Work with students on assignments
Work with you to create assignments
Evaluate online evidence-based products
Advise on research strategies
Offer scheduled classes
Partner with you on appropriate projects with
an evidence focus
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List 3 ways that Matas Library can help with
your EBM questions.
2. The 2 levels for acquiring evidence are:
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Comprehensive and superficial
AHRQ reviews and PubMed
Comprehensive and article-level
Clinical and basic science
3. One limitation of library EBM resources is:
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may be too time-consuming
may not focus on a specific question
may be based on the wrong databases
The Matas Library can ease your work by:
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scheduling clinical cases
advising you after you have exhausted all resources
evaluating offline evidence-based products
partnering with you
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