KRS Website: Drug Information: Evidence Based Practice

Alberta Health Services

RxFiles This link opens in a new window
Use RxFiles to find comparative drug information through reviews, Q&As, Trial Summaries and charts. *Note: Pharmacist access only, see more info below.
Registration required. Info via https://share.albertahealthservices.ca/teams/PSPP/DI/SitePages/Resources.aspx

Canadian Agency for Drug and Technologies in Health (CADTH formerly CCOHTA)
Includes Common Drug Review (CDR), Health Technology Assessment (HTA), and Canadian Optimal Medication Prescribing & Utilization Services (COMPUS)
Deprescribing
Bruyère Research Institute. Tools and resources to help healthcare providers and patients in deprescribing.
Evidence-Based Practice Pharmacy Lib Guide
Dalhousie University
Institute of Health Economics (IHE)
Alberta based.
Medstopper
University of British Columbia. Deprescribing tool to address polypharmacy; medications are ranked in order with those least safe or effective at the top (consider stopping first) and colour-coded.
Therapeutics Initiative: Evidence Based Drug Therapy
University of British Columbia

TRIP Database PRO This link opens in a new window
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Use TRIP as a tool to quickly find relevant research to apply to practice that uniquely offers the ability to filter and sort by the quality of evidence, with particular ease in locating guidelines.

Centre for Reviews & Dissemination
University of York; includes DARE and NHS EED archives, PROSPERO registry

Cochrane Library This link opens in a new window
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Use Cochrane Library to search for independent and high quality evidence through published systematic reviews, reports of clinical trials and clinical answers.

AACODS Checklist
Tyndall J (Flinders University). Grey literature critical appraisal tool.
Applying Study Results to Patient Care: Relative Risk, Absolute Risk, and Number Needed to Treat
Pharmacist's Letter Canada Oct 2017
BMJ How to Read a Paper
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford) Resources
EBM Tools (finding and critically appraising evidence) and Levels of Evidence
Common Journal Club Definitions and Statistics
AHS Pharmacy Services Clinical Practice (2011)
Glossary of Study Design and Statistical Terms
Pharmacist's Letter Canada Oct 2017
Introduction to Evidence Based Practice
Duke University. Tutorial.
JBI Critical Appraisal Tools
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide. Formerly known as Joanna Briggs Institute.
Users' Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice
From the Centre for Health Evidence (University of Alberta) - based on a series in JAMA (JAMAevidence)

The Pharmacist's Guide to Evidence-Based Medicine for Clinical Decision Making (2008) by Bryant & Pace (Eds)
This book provides a practical approach for applying sound EBM principles to your clinical decision making process.