EBM:Where does Matas Library

fit?Evidence-Based Medicine Resources

At the Library

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

Objectives

We can help with:

asking focused questions (PICO) acquiring the best evidence appraising the evidence with standard tools

EBM: Where does Matas Library fit?

Comprehensive

AHRQ reviewsCochrane LibraryClinical EvidenceFirst ConsultPIERUpToDate

Acquiring Evidence

Article-level

ACP Journal ClubPOEMSPubMed Clinical Queries

Acquiring Evidence

Comprehensive resources

cover a lot of literaturemay be too muchmay not address your question

Benefits and Limitations

Article-level evaluations

may not address specific questions

a lot to wade throughtime-consuming

Benefits and Limitations

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

How can Matas Library ease your work?

1. List 3 ways that Matas Library can help with your EBM questions.

2. The 2 levels for acquiring evidence are:a) Comprehensive and superficialb) AHRQ reviews and PubMedc) Comprehensive and article-leveld) Clinical and basic science

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3. One limitation of library EBM resources is:a) may be too time-consumingb) may not focus on a specific questionc) may be based on the wrong databases

4. The Matas Library can ease your work by:a) scheduling clinical casesb) advising you after you have exhausted all resourcesc) evaluating offline evidence-based productsd) partnering with you

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