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MANUSCRIPT: User experiences of evidence-based online resources for health professionals: user testing of The Cochrane Library.

BACKGROUND: Evidence-based decision making relies on easy access to trustworthy research results. The Cochrane Library is a key source of evidence about the effect of interventions and aims to "promote the accessibility of systematic reviews to anyone wanting to make a decision about health care". We explored how health professionals found,

Posted on 24 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Online Learning, Resources

ABSTRACT: Which literature retrieval method is most effective for GPs?

BACKGROUND: Evidence-based medicine requires new skills of physicians, including literature searching. OBJECTIVE: To determine which literature retrieving method is most effective for GPs: the printed Index Medicus; Medline through Grateful Med; or Medline on CD-ROM. METHODS: The design was a randomized comparative study. In a continuing medical education course, three groups of health care professionals

Posted on 24 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Online Learning, Resources

ABSTRACT: Searching multiple databases for systematic reviews: added value or diminishing returns?

OBJECTIVE: To explore whether searching specialised bibliographic databases identified additional relevant papers to those located by a Medline search for a systematic review of exercise therapy. METHOD: Searches were performed in Medline, two further generalised medical databases (Embase, Cochrane Library) and four specialised databases (CancerLit, Cinahl, PsychInfo, SportDiscus) to identify controlled trials of

Posted on 24 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

ABSTRACT: A systematic review of the effectiveness of critical appraisal skills training for clinicians.

Abstract The aim of this paper is to undertake a descriptive systematic review of the effectiveness of critical appraisal skills training for clinicians. Of the 10 controlled studies which examined this issue and were found to meet the eligibility criteria of this review, all used a study population of either medical

Posted on 24 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Learning Models & Theory, Online Learning, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Developing search strategies for clinical practice guidelines in SUMSearch and Google Scholar and assessing their retrieval performance.

BACKGROUND: Information overload, increasing time constraints, and inappropriate search strategies complicate the detection of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). The aim of this study was to provide clinicians with recommendations for search strategies to efficiently identify relevant CPGs in SUMSearch and Google Scholar. METHODS: We compared the retrieval efficiency (retrieval performance) of search strategies

Posted on 24 Feb 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Learning Models & Theory, Manuscript, Online Learning, Resources

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MANUSCRIPT: User experiences of evidence-based online resources for health professionals: user testing of The Cochrane Library.

ABSTRACT: Which literature retrieval method is most effective for GPs?

ABSTRACT: Searching multiple databases for systematic reviews: added value or diminishing returns?

ABSTRACT: A systematic review of the effectiveness of critical appraisal skills training for clinicians.

MANUSCRIPT: Developing search strategies for clinical practice guidelines in SUMSearch and Google Scholar and assessing their retrieval performance.

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