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Evidence Based Practice (EBP)

 

Clinical Measures

  1. Chartered Society of PT Outcome Measures Database (UK)
  2. Spinal Cord Injury Outcome Measures Appraisals - SCIRE Website
  3. Pateint-Reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Instruments Database (PROQOLI)
  4. Goal Attainment Scaling Manual from Thames Valley Children's Centre (PDF)

 

Critical Appraisal Tools and Skills

  1. Users Guides to Evidence Based Practice (CCHE)
  2. The Consort Statement - The Evidence-Based approach to Clinical Trials
  3. AGREE II Guideline Appraisal Tool
  4. EBM Toolbox
  5. Cosmin checklist for Appraisal of Measurement Studies

 

Evidence Centers

  1. Canadian Centres for Health Evidence
  2. Canadian Centre for Knowledge Mobilization
  3. McMaster Evidence-based Practice Centre
  4. Canadian Cochrane Centre
  5. Evidence-based Occupational Therapy
  6. The Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating (EPPI) Centre
  7. Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center (US)
  8. Centre on Social Emotional Foundations for Learning(US)
  9. American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
  10. NHS Centre for Reviews and Disseminaton
  11. Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
  12. University of Washington - Child Health Institute
  13. ARCHE(University of Alberta)
  14. Centre for Evidence-based Medicine (Toronto)
  15. Institute of Child Health
  16. Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (Oxford)
  17. Health Information Resource Unit (McMaster)
  18. US Evidence-based Practice Centers

 

Evidence Summaries and Critically Appraised Topics (CATS)

  1. Sunny Hill Evidence for Practice (E4P) Reviews
  2. UBC/McMaster Rehab Science Student CATs
  3. McMaster RehabPlus - pre-appraised rehab research articles
  4. Queens University Rehab CATs
  5. Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People's Services (UK)
  6. Childhood Disability Link
  7. Speech Therapy Database for Best Interventions and Treament - SpeechBITE (Australia)
  8. Evidence Based Review of Acquired Brain Injury
  9. University of Alberta PT students CATwalk
  10. Research Alliance for Children with Special Needs (RACSN),
  11. Psychological Database for Brain Impairment Treatment Efficacy
  12. University of Birmingham Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility
  13. University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics Evidence-Based Pediatrics Web Site
  14. Research and Training Center (RTC) on Early Childhood Development
  15. Center for Health Services and Policy Research
  16. OT Seeker (Systematic Evaluation of Evidence)
  17. Occupational Therapy Critically Appraised Topics
  18. Evidence-based Review of Stroke Rehab
  19. Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Best Evidence Statements
  20. Keeping Current : Canchild Research Reviews
  21. DARE
  22. Clinical Evidence

Systematic Reviews

  1. PubMed Health: summaries of systematic reviews of treatment effectiveness
  2. The National Centre for the Dissemination of Disability Research
  3. Canadian Centre for Knowledge Mobilization
  4. SCIRE (Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Evidence)
  5. Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
  6. NHS Health Technology Assessments
  7. International Register of Prospective Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO)
  8. Psychological Database for Brain Impairment Treatment Efficacy (PsycBITE)
  9. Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)
  10. Campbell Collaboration
  11. Cochrane Collaboration Site
  12. Cochrane Child Health Field

 

Evidence Based Journals

  1. EBM Journals
  2. Implementation Science Online Journal
  3. American College of Physicians Journal Club
  4. Evidence-based Healthcare Journal

Practice Guidelines

  1. BC Early Intervention Therapy Guidelines
  2. BC Perinatal Services Guideline: Safe Sleep Environment for Infants 0-12 Months (PDF)
  3.  Practice Guidelines from Academy of Neurological Communication Disorders and Sciences (US)
  4. National Library of Medicine HSTAT
  5. Canadian Pediatric Society Positon Statements
  6. Appraised Rehabilitation Guidelines ( Ottawa)
  7. Guidelines International Network
  8. Rehabilitation Guidelines
  9. AGREE Collaboration
  10. Guidelines for Management of Childhood Stroke (UK)
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines for Spinal Cord Injury(US)
  12. eGuidelines ( UK clinical guidelines)
  13. New Zealand Guidelines
  14. National Guidelines Clearinghouse
  15. CMA Clinical practice Guidelines Infobase

 

Care Pathways

  1. Skin and Wound Care Resources, CL'ck - Connecting Learners with Knowledge (BC)
  2. Canadian Association of Pediatric Health Centre Knowledge Exchange Network

General Informatics

  1. World Health Organization Statistic Information Database
  2. Statistics Canada
  3. Canadian Institute of Health Information
  4. Health Canada Online

Program Evaluation

  1. Accreditation Canada
  2. The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
  3. American Evaluation Association
  4. Canadian Evaluation Society

Health Care Management

  1. Second annual Research Outcomes Report (PHSA)
  2. UBC Centre for Healthcare Management
  3. UBC Centre for Health Services Policy and Research
  4. Health Improvement Action ( Impact BC)
  5. Online Health Program Planner from the National Coordinating Centre for Knowledge Transfer Methods & Tools
  6. Canadian Patient Safety Institute
  7. Health Evidence Network of Canada
  8. ARECCI Ethics Decision-Support Tools for Projects
  9. Health Reseach Policy and Systems Journal
  10. Evidence Support Tools for Policy Makers
  11. NHS National Institute of Clinical Excellence
  12. Healthcare, Technology and Place Research Group
  13. Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (US)
  14. Cochrane Effective Practice and Organization of Care Group
  15. AHRQ Child Healthcare Quality Toolbox
  16. Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
  17. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  18. BCHealthcare Risk Management Society
  19. Institute of Healthcare Improvement
  20. National Quality Measure Clearing House
Last Updated: Jan 09, 2012