Hierarchy of Levels of Evidence
Step 3 in the Process of Evidence-Based Practice: Assessing the Evidence
Library Resources and Databases
ASHA Online Desk Reference & Journals
Provides online access to ASHA’s journals.
www.nelh.nhs.uk
The National Electronic Library for Health provides access to a number of resources and databases including:
- PubMed, a public version of MEDLINE which includes over 15 million citations and includes the Journal of Fluency Disorders and other speech-language pathology journals.
- The Cochrane Library comprises EBM databases, including The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. You can access abstracts of reviews free of charge. If your institution is a subscriber, you may also have access to full text reviews.
www.library.ualberta.ca/subject/evidencerehab/guide/index.cfm
This resource guide outlines how to find information about rehabilitation practice from sources such as books, journals, databases, dictionaries and directories, handbooks and manuals, government publications, evidence-based resources, and major Web sites.
Tutorials and Critical Appraisal Tools
Web-Based Tutorials
Provides links to a number of Web-based tutorials
www.phru.nhs.uk/Pages/PHD/resources.htm
www.usersguides.org/default.asp
Offers resources to assist in development of critical appraisal skills and include critical appraisal worksheets
Related SLP Sites and Articles of Interest
Australia — www.ciap.health.nsw.gov.au/specialties/ebp_sp_path/index.html
New South Wales Speech Pathology Evidence Based Practice Network
Canada — Evidence-Based Clinical Practice: A Canadian Perspective [PDF]
Orange, J. B., (2004). Evidence-based clinical practice: A Canadian perspective.
The Netherlands — cplol.org/cplol2003/EN/keynote_EN/keynote_Hannekekalf_EN.htm
Kalf, H., Current possibilities of evidence-based speech therapy in practice and in clinical education: Do we wish for more?
United Kingdom — www.rcslt.org/resources/clinicaleffectiveness
Clinical effectiveness: Getting evidence into practice. Royal College of Speech Language Therapists.
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