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This page is maintained with the assistance of Associate Professor David Evans of the University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science.

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WWWeb Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine Sources for Veterinarians
Compiled by John M. Gay, DVM PhD DACVPM ACE, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University. Resources include online texts and courses, organisational, governmental and biostatistical data sources and web sites. The entries have been selected for veterinary students and practitioners, and the emphasis is on academic materials.

General resources

University of Sydney Library Catalogue
Some recommended subject headings on the University of Sydney Library Catalogue are:

• evidence based medicine
• systematic reviews medical research
• clinical medicine decision making

Virtual Rounds - Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine
Published by the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine the site contains a list of evidence sources and a page called What is Evidence Based Medicine? an introduction to the topic which discusses the basic assumptions and steps for evidence based medicine.

How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence Based Medicine
This text by Trisha Greenhalgh from the Exeter and Devon Research and Development Support Unit, Postgraduate Medical School in the United Kingdom has been published in print by the British Medical Journal and is available at the University of Sydney Library. Selected excerpts from the book are available online via the British Medical Journal website:

1. The Medline database
2. Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about)
3. Assessing the methodological quality of published papers
4. Statistics for the non-statistician
5. Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls
6. Papers that report drug trials
7. Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests
8. Papers that tell you what things cost (economic analyses)
9. Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)
10. Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research)

Evidence-Based Medicine: What it is and what it isn't.
Published by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, this introductory article by David L Sackett, William MC Rosenberg, JA Muir Gray, R Brian Haynes and W Scott Richardson, is based on an editorial from the British Medical Journal, 13th January 1996, 312: 71-2. The article provides a core definition of evidence-based medicine, information about "what evidence-based medicine isn't" and provides a list of references.

Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary
This resource, created by John M Gay of the College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, includes sections covering epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, general science, clinical testing, clinical study design and methods, and experimental design and statistics.

Evidence-Based Medicine Glossary
A glossary of Evidence Based Medicine terminology published by the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.

What is Evidence-Based Medicine?
This is an extract from 'Evidence-based Medicine: how to practice and teach EBM', by DL Sackett, WS Richardson, W Rosenberg, RB Haynes. Churchill Livingston, 1997. It gives an explanation of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the steps to take at each stage of a case work-up.

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)
From the Public Health Resource Unit of the NHS in the UK, this site provides resources such as questionnaires used in critical appraisal of evidence and information about statistical terms. The material has been designed primarily for use with human subjects but could be adapted for animal use. It includes information about randomised controlled trials, economic evaluations, qualitative research studies and systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials.

Research databases and indexes

Recommended research databases and indexes for this area of study are: MEDLINE, BIOSIS Previews, AGRICOLA, CAB Abstracts and Web of Science.