Sources for Evidence to Help Develop CE Course Content
Use the sources below to locate current, high quality evidence
to help develop continuing education course content and practice
recommendations.
Practice Guidelines
Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
(AHRQ)
A portal to the U.S. government's information resources on
evidence-based practice related to health care services,
including the National Guidelines Clearinghouse, and the U.S.
Preventive Services Task Force
ASHA Practice Guidelines
ASHA Practice Guidelines issued in 2007 or later are considered
evidence-based, while those issued prior to 2007 were based on
expert consensus.
ASHA Evidence-Based Practice
Compendium
ASHA's National Center for Evidence-Based Practice in
Communication Disorders (N-CEP) maintains a compendium of
practice guidelines and systematic reviews related to audiology
and speech-language pathology.
Systematic Reviews of the Evidence
ASHA Practice Guidelines
Many of ASHA Technical Reports include an evidence-based
systematic review of the literature.
ASHA Evidence-Based Practice
Compendium
Campbell
Collaboration
Reviews incorporate a wide range of study designs with emphasis
on education, including school-based SLP and audiology
issues.
Cochrane Collaboration
Systematic reviews (typically limited to randomized controlled
trials) related to health care interventions and diagnostic
procedures. The reviews exclude much of the evidence base related
to speech language pathology and audiology. Abstracts are
available free of charge; full-text reviews require a
subscription to the Cochrane Library.
PubMed
The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) collection of
peer-reviewed health literature.
What Works
Clearinghouse
The U.S. Department of Education's collection of systematic
reviews of SLP interventions in school and pre-school
settings.
Individual Studies
Education
Resources Information Center
(ERIC)
This is the schools equivalent of PubMed, maintained by the U.S.
Department of Education
PubMed