• Evidence-Based Medicine
• Forward
  • Module Objectives
• Why Is EBM Important?
• Levels of Evidence
  • What Is Evidence?
  • Hierarchy of Evidence
  • Systematic Review
  • Systematic Review of Cohort Studies
  • Summary
• The EBM Process
  • Formulating a Clinical Question
    • Purpose of Clinical Question
    • Types of Clincal Questions
    • The Well-Built Questions: PICO
  • Searching for the Evidence
    • Cochrane
    • PubMed
    • Helpful Tips
  • Critically Appraise, Apply Evidence
• Resources
• Credits
• Return to Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

The EBM Process: Searching for the Evidence
The Cochrane Library

The Cochrane Library includes the following databases:

• The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
• The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness (DARE). This is a database of systematic reviews done by others not associated with the Cochrane collaboration.
• The Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (Registry of Individual RCTs)
• The Cochrane Methodology Register
• Other databases (NHS economic evaluation, health technology, etc.)