Evidence-based Practice Tool

Testing Treatments interactive

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Testing Treatments

Welcome to Testing Treatments interactive

How do you know whether one treatment is better than another, or whether the evidence about a treatment’s benefits and harms is reliable?
Does current research address what you want to know? If not, what can you do to make treatment research more relevant to you?

Testing Treatments interactive (TTi) is for patients, health professionals and anyone else who is interested in these questions.

It will help you to understand the importance of having fair tests of the effects of treatments, and how you can help make them a reality.

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Sansom Institute for Health Research - Critical Appraisal Tools

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University of South Australia

Critical appraisal is an integral process in Evidence Based Practice. Critical appraisal aims to identify methodological flaws in the literature and provide consumers of research evidence the opportunity to make informed decisions about the quality of research evidence.

Below is a list of critical appraisal tools, linked to the websites where they were developed. iCAHE staff will update this webpage as new critical appraisal tools are published.

Please choose a type of study:

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Evidence-Informed Public Health: Search: Efficiently search for research evidence

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NationNational Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools

A clearly defined question or problem is the starting point for an effective literature search. This step of the EIPH process helps you answer the question:

“Where should I look to find the best available research evidence to address the issue?”

Your search strategy should aim to locate the strongest quality and most relevant evidence first. When searching for quantitative evidence (e.g., effectiveness of an intervention, health effects, cost effectiveness, etc.) some study designs are considered stronger than others. It is important that the research design is the most appropriate to answer the question being asked.

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Tools to support evidence-informed decision making

Training Type: Evidence-based Practice Tool

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Health Evidence.ca

These tools are intended to:

Help you use research evidence in decision making
Help public health organizations document and share lessons learned
Be modified and adapted for use in your health unit

These tools were developed and field tested in collaboration with Canadian public health units.

Downloadable versions of the tools are available by clicking on the link(s) 'Download this tool'. You are welcome to adapt these tools for use in your health unit. Please acknowledge health-evidence.ca for developing the original version of any tool(s) that you adapt. You will find how to cite the tool at the bottom of each document.

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Using Evidence Based Nursing in Practice

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EBN in Practice

The purpose of the EBN process is to help you as a professional make informed decisions by learning from what others in your field are researching and learning. Using these set steps makes it easier to apply current quality evidence from research in clinical and healthcare decisions.

This website and the resources listed will help to guide you through the 5 steps of the EBN process.

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A guide for using statistics for evidence based policy, 2010

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Australian Bureau of Statistics

This guide provides an overview of how statistical information can be used to make well informed policy decisions. Throughout the guide references are made to other resources, relevant training courses and associated frameworks that provide more detail.

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Evidence-Based Practice and Research at UCSD

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UC San Diego Nursing

This resource provides a collection of Evidence-based Practice links and information for nurses.

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Informed Decisions Toolbox

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UC Berkeley

Using research evidence when making decisions about the organization and financing of health care has great appeal, yet decision-makers do not always use this information. The Informed Decisions Toolbox addresses this issue in six steps and aims to help the health care decision-maker:

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Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit

Training Type: Evidence-based Practice Tool

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U of Alberta

This is a collection of tools for identifying, assessing and applying relevant evidence for better health care decision-making. The appraisal tools are adapted from the Users' Guides series prepared by the Evidence Based Medicine Working Group and originally published in JAMA.