PLEASE NOTE: The tutorial(s) listed below have been developed by many different educational institutions. Please be aware that they may make references to resources that are not owned or subscribed to by the University Libraries system.

•  Elements of a Research Study (The Psychology Tutor)

    http://www.psy.pdx.edu/PsyTutor/Tutorials/Research/Elements/index.htm
    This tutorial is organized into four parts:

• Part I: The Hypothesis
• Part II: The Participants
• Part III: The Measure
• Part IV: The Design

• Evidence Based Medicine Tool Kit (University of Alberta)

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/ebm.htm
"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"

• Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial (Bio-Medical Library & AHC Learning Commons)

http://www.biomed.lib.umn.edu/learn/ebp/
This is an interactive, interprofessional tutorial developed by Health Sciences Libraries’ librarians and AHC Learning Commons instructional and Web designers.

 

•  Evidence-Based Medicine Tutorials (Lamar Soutter Library UMass Medical School)

http://library.umassmed.edu/EBM/tutorials/
After completing these exercises you should be able to:

• Define a Clinical Question
• Translate a Clinical Question into a Searchable Question
• Decide on the Best Type of Study to Address the Question
• Perform a Literature Search

•  Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine, 4th ed. (Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill)

http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/ebm/index.htm
Welcome.  This tutorial is intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine.
Upon completion of this self-paced tutorial, you will be able to:

• define Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
• identify the parts of a well-built clinical question
• identify EBM searching strategies that could improve MEDLINE retrieval
• identify key issues that help determine the validity of the results of a study

 

• A Student's Guide to the Medical Literature (Denison Memorial Library, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.)

http://denison.uchsc.edu/SG/index.html
This site has been designed especially for medical students, but it can be used by anyone who wants a guide to the medical literature. If you are having trouble researching a medical question, or want an easy guide to critical appraisal of journal articles, this is the site for you!
Some of the features of this site are:

• A Tutorial outlining a simple 4-step approach to reading medical literature
• Search Strategies with links to the best web sites
• A Guide to Critical Appraisal of journal articles with step-by-step explanation of the "User's Guide" approach
• An interactive Glossary with over 150 statistical terms hyperlinked to the text
• Calculators for finding relevant outcome measures from a study
• Student's Guide Pocket Version to use on your Palm or Pocket PC

• User's Guides Interactive http://www.usersguides.org/

An online tool to guide clinicians in the appraisal and application of evidence into their everyday practice. Based on the popular Users' Guides series in JAMA, edited by Drs Gordon Guyatt, Drummond Rennie, and Robert Hayward with contributions from more than fifty of the most renowned evidence-based medicine (EBM) educators and practitioners in the world.
How do I access the UGI Learner site?

• Click on the Users' Guides logo on the left hand side of the JAMA and Archives Home Page, or book mark the opening page to the Users' Guides Interactive at http://www.userguides.org.
• Select the log-in icon at the top of the screen.
• If you have institutional access through your organization, you will be automatically transferred to the UGI Learner Web site. (Note: Current U of M students, staff and faculty have IP access within the TC campus).
• If you have an individual JAMA and/or Archives subscription, you can logon to the UGI Learner Web site using your username and password.
• If you own a copy of the Users' Guides book, you can register for a free trial of the UGI Learner. Once you have registered, you will receive a user name and password to use during the free trial period. Enter this username and password to log onto the UGI site.