A subject guide to selected medical eBooks has been created to help you locate them more easily.
Look for eBook list under the Textbook heading on the Medical Information Resources website or you can access it directly from http://www.library.uq.edu.au/mbbs/ebooks.html
If you are not sure what your topic is about, try one or more of the following:
Evidence-based practice for nurses : appraisal and application of research
Evidence-based nursing : the research-practice connection
Evidence-based practice in nursing & healthcare : a guide to best practice
Research for evidence-based practice in healthcare
Using evidence to guide nursing practice
Fast facts for evidence-based practice : implementing EBP in a nutshell
Evidence-based practice in nursing
Research in nursing : evidence for best practice
Introduction to nursing research : incorporating evidence-based practice
Essentials of nursing research : appraising evidence for nursing practice
Understanding research for nursing students
Principles and practice of research in midwifery
INAHTA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary - explains many research terms
EBP: Evidence-based Practice
EBM: Evidence-based Medicine
PICO: Patient, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome - This acronym can help you develop a searchable clinical question.
See the INAHTA Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary for more terms.
Critical Appraisal of Research
Books: How to read a paper resource : the basics of evidence-based medicine 4th ed. 2010
Checklists:
Quantitative Studies: SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network) Checklist - http://www.sign.ac.uk/methodology/checklists.html This website includes checklist for critically appraising the following study types: Systematic Review, Randomized Controlled Trials, Cohort Studes, Case-Controlled Studies and Diagnostic Studies
Mixed Methods Studies: Pluye, P., Gagnon, M. P., Griffiths, F., & Johnson-Lafleur, J. (2009). A scoring system for appraising mixed methods research, and concomitantly appraising qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods primary studies in Mixed Studies Reviews. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(4), 529-546.
Levels of Evidence:
NHMRC levels of evidence and grades for recommendations for developers of guidelines Dec 2009 See Table 3 on p. 16. Note these levels of evidence ranking quantitative studies only.
For recent information, journal articles are often the best sources. Looking through individual journals in the hope of finding relevant material is time-consuming. It is better to use the databases to find articles on your topic.
Östlund, U., L. Kidd, et al. (2011). "Combining qualitative and quantitative research within mixed method research designs: A methodological review." International Journal of Nursing Studies 48(3): 369-383.
The Cochrane Library - A source of up-to-date information on the effects of interventions in health care, designed to provide information and evidence (Systematic Reviews, Randomised to support decisions taken in health care
Joanna Briggs Institute - JBI offers critically appraised information to connect health professional with the best available health care evidence.
PubMed Clinical Queries - A quick way to locate clinical studies or systematic reviews
Find Health Statistics:
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Australia's Health 2010
World Health Organization (WHO)
Reading Health Statistics:
Medical statistics at a glance
The essentials of biostatistics for physicians, nurses, and clinicians
Randomized Controlled Trials
CONSORT 2010 checklist - Used for Randomized Controlled Trials. More about CONSORT - http://www.consort-statement.org/consort-statement/overview0/
The latest edition of 12 Oxford Medical Handbooks are now available online. Some of the subjects covered include neurology, cardiology, nephrology, oncology, geriatrics and psychiatry.
Listed below are some of the latest Civil Engineering e-titles from the Institution of Civil Engineers Virtual Library.
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