Occupational Therapy

This course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®.

This collection of articles was authored by faculty from the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation's Center for the Advancement of Evidence-Based Practice. The purpose of this series is to give nurses the knowledge and skills they need to implement EBP consistently, one step at a time.

The CEBM is part of Oxford University's Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. They research, practice and disseminate evidence-based medicine in health care decision making, and are committed to improving healthcare by fostering wider communication of high quality evidence, by promoting the principles of EBM through engagement, knowledge sharing, research and education.

The VA Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) makes high-quality evidence synthesis available to improve the health and healthcare of Veterans.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), sponsors the development of these reports to assist organizations in their efforts to improve the quality of healthcare in the U.S. These reports provide comprehensive, science-based information on common, costly medical conditions and new healthcare technologies and strategies. The EPCs review all relevant scientific literature and reflect research on methodology of evidence synthesis.

The Campbell Collaboration is an international social science research network that produces high quality, open and policy-relevant evidence syntheses, plain language summaries and policy briefs.

Critical Appraisal skills enable you to systematically assess the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers. CASP offers easy to use checklists to help you read research. Using critical appraisal skills and tools enables users of research evidence to reach their own judgements.