2. Locate the relevant evidence

General

Critical Appraisal - Centre for Evidence-based Medicine

Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to read a paper: Assessing the methodological quality of published papers, BMJ 1997;315:305-308.

Critical appraisal: Notes and checklists - Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network.

Critical appraisal tools - NHS, Public Health Resource Unit

Systematic Reviews and meta-analyses

Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to read a paper: Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses), BMJ 1997;315:672-675.

Systematic review worksheet - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Therapy

Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to read a paper: Papers that report drug trials BMJ 1997;315:480-483.

Therapy worksheet - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Guyatt, Gordon et al. How to Use an Article About Therapy or Prevention Based on the Users' Guides to Evidence-based Medicine and reproduced with permission from JAMA. (1993;270(21):2598-2601) and (1994;271(1):59-63). Copyright 1995, American Medical Association.

Diagnosis

Greenhalgh, Trisha. How to read a paper: Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests, BMJ 1997;315:540-543.

Diagnosis worksheet - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Guyatt, Gordon et al. How to Use an Article About a Diagnostic Test Based on the Users' Guides to Evidence-based Medicine and reproduced with permission from JAMA. (1993;270(21):2598-2601) and (1994;271(1):59-63). Copyright 1995, American Medical Association.

Harm

Critical Appraisal of the Evidence - Harm - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Harm worksheet - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Guyatt, Gordon et al. How to Use an Article About Harm Based on the Users' Guides to Evidence-based Medicine and reproduced with permission from JAMA. (1993;270(21):2598-2601) and (1994;271(1):59-63). Copyright 1995, American Medical Association.

Prognosis

Critical Appraisal of the Evidence - Prognosis - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Prognosis worksheet - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto

Guyatt, Gordon et al. How to Use an Article About Prognosis Based on the Users' Guides to Evidence-based Medicine and reproduced with permission from JAMA. (1993;270(21):2598-2601) and (1994;271(1):59-63). Copyright 1995, American Medical Association.

Guidelines

Appraising the quality of guidelines: a sign guide to the AGREE guideline appraisal instrument - The AGREE collaboration developed a proforma or checklist, called the AGREE instrument, which can be used to help make an informed judgement about the methods that were used to develop a guideline, and an assessment about the overall quality of the guideline and the recommendations it contains.

Guyatt, Gordon et al. Integrating Research Evidence with the Care of the Individual Patient Based on the Users' Guides to Evidence-based Medicine and reproduced with permission from JAMA. (1993;270(21):2598-2601) and (1994;271(1):59-63). Copyright 1995, American Medical Association.

Practising EBM - Evaluation - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University Health Network, University of Toronto