Evidence Based Practice

This guide is designed to provide information on what Evidence Based Practice (EBP) is and how to find evidence.

Websites

There are a number of valuable resources available on the Internet. Many are from government departments, educational institutions or not-for profit organisations.

Note: Before using any web sites, you need to evaluate the content and reliability of each site carefully.

CareSearch - information and resources about palliative care
Effective Public Healthcare Panacea Project (EPHPP)
EPHPP is an expert team of researchers producing high-quality evidence synthesis documents, including systematic reviews, for health practitioners and decision makers in order to inform the planning and delivery of public health services in Canada. EPHPP is affiliated with McMaster University.
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre)
EPPI-Centre is part of the Institute of Education, University of London, dedicated to making reliable research findings accessible to the people who need them, whether they are making policy, practice or personal decisions.
McMaster Health Forum - Find Evidence
This is a repository of syntheses of research evidence about governance, financial and delivery arrangements within health systems, and about implementation strategies that can support change in health systems. The types of syntheses include evidence briefs for policy, overviews of systematic reviews, systematic reviews, systematic reviews in progress (i.e. protocols for systematic reviews), and systematic reviews being planned (i.e. registered titles for systematic reviews). It is produced by McMaster University (Canada).
How to use the Evidence (Australia National Health and Medical Research Council)
This handbook focuses on how to evaluate and use the evidence gathered from a systematic literature review to inform the development of evidence-based clinical guidelines. Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the handbook.
NICE Guidance
UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) provides national guidance and advice to improve health and social care.

Using Google

You can improve your chances of finding relevant information by limiting your search results. To do this you can use the advanced search option and limit to education, government or organisation domains. The following search strategies could be used in Google:

educational institutions in the United Kingdom:
"evidence based practice" site:.ac.uk
organisations
"evidence based practice" site:.org
organisations in Australia
"evidence based practice" site:.org.au