This article illustrates slight changes coming to the default display for PubMed citations. These changes are intended to enhance readability on-screen.
There were 776 million PubMed/MEDLINE searches performed in the government’s fiscal year 2008.

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An Introduction to Research Designs
Instructor: Karen Balakas
October 7th, 2008
0800-1200
PL29
Do you feel lost when you read a research article? Are terms such as phenomenology and psychometric evaluation Greek to you? In this workshop, the differences between qualitative and quantitative research will be identified and different types of research designs described

4.0 Nursing Contact Hours provided by [...]

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Have a research project and want to get some practice before going to a big national conference? The 14th Annual Nursing Research Day hosted by Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing in Quincy Illinois is the perfect place to flex your presentation skills. Pediatric clinical topics are a favorite among this audience.
14th Annual Nursing Research Day
Wednesday, October [...]

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In an effort to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions, NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for England and Whales) just released the most updated guidelines for “Respiratory tract infections – antibiotic prescribing Prescribing of antibiotics for self-limiting respiratory tract infections in adults and children in primary care.” The most recent issue of BMJ has [...]

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What is the latest on EBP? Check out these recent articles…
1: BMJ. 2008 Apr 26;336(7650):924-6.
GRADE: an emerging consensus on rating quality of evidence and strength of
recommendations.

Guyatt GH, Oxman AD, Vist GE, Kunz R, Falck-Ytter Y, Alonso-Coello P, Schünemann
HJ; GRADE Working Group.

Collaborators: Alderson P, Alonso-Coello P, Andrews J, Atkins D, Bastian H, de
Beer H, Brozek J, [...]

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AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) has made the book Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses available for free. You can download PDF’s of each chapter or order your choice of three printed volumes or a searchable CD-ROM. A print copy is already on its way to the SLCH Medical Library.
To [...]

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From the RML News …
Evidence Based Medicine Resources – free and online!:
Need some way to understand Evidence Based Medicine just a little better? Check out these tutorials:
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Tutorials/EBM/welcome.htm
http://jeffline.tju.edu/Education/courses/informatics/activities/ebm_info.html
http://library.umassmed.edu/EBM/tutorials/index.cfm
http://www.usc.edu/hsc/nml/lib-services/tutorials/ebm.html

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The first practice guidelines on complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for cancer patients from the Society of Integrative Oncology (SIO). Integrative Oncology Practice Guidelines are available for free online! http://www.integrativeonc.org/documents/JCI_2007_002.pdf

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