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The international source of the best available evidence for effective health care

The international source of the best available evidence for effective health care. What is Clinical Evidence ?. A ‘digest’ of evidence Gathers good quality evidence (published systematic reviews, RCTs) on healthcare interventions Presents a summary of that evidence

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The international source of the best available evidence for effective health care

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  1. The international source of the best available evidence for effective health care

  2. What is Clinical Evidence? • A ‘digest’ of evidence • Gathers good quality evidence (published systematic reviews, RCTs) on healthcare interventions • Presents a summary of that evidence • Online edition updated and expanded monthly • Freely available on the National Electronic Library for Health

  3. Why use Clinical Evidence? • Evidence presented in easy to read summaries • Answers common clinical questions • Tool to support evidence-based practice • Includes information on benefits and harms • Saves you time and effort • The place to start when looking for good evidence

  4. How is Clinical Evidence put together? • In response to each question the major medical databases and websites are searched • Results are appraised following recognised criteria • Good quality evidence is combined into structured summaries • Peer reviewed before publication • Process is repeated every 12 months

  5. Rating the research in Clinical Evidence • Beneficial • Likely to be beneficial • Trade off between benefits and harms • Unknown effectiveness • Unlikely to be beneficial • Likely to be ineffective or harmful

  6. Finding Clinical Evidence on NeLH

  7. Finding a topic in Clinical Evidence

  8. Navigating around a topic

  9. Looking at Harms

  10. Comments from the Author

  11. Additional Features

  12. Drugs Database

  13. Looking at Risk

  14. Training

  15. Things to remember • Think of CE as an online book • Browse the table of contents to find the disease or condition before using the search feature • If looking for a specific population (children, women or men) check both the specialty section and the relevant population section. • New and updated topics feature will help to keep you up to date

  16. Other versions Mental health edition Full text print Concise with CD-ROM Cardiovascular diseases edition French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Spanish editions www.besttreatments.co.uk PDA

  17. Further information and training • Free evidence-based medicine workshop available to download from www.clinicalevidence.com • Online help with visual and written demonstrations of how each feature works

  18. Feedback We welcome your feedback on any aspect of Clinical Evidence Just email CEfeedback@bmjgroup.com

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