Systematic Review Guide
Doing a systematic review or scoping review? Contact your librarian, and please see our guides below. Woodward librarians also offer regular workshops on systematic reviews.
Note that systematic reviews can be very time intensive (up to 18 months, by some estimates). Other review methods may be more appropriate for you if you have limited time. The PredicTER tool can give you an estimate of how much time may be needed for your review.
Point of Care tools
- BMJ Best PracticeAction-orientated and structured around the patient consultation.
- Dynamed This link opens in a new windowA point-of-care reference tool containing clinically-oriented summaries for 3,200+ topics.
- ClinicalKey This link opens in a new windowClinicalKey provides access to FirstConsult, top journals, best-selling medical and surgical books, thousands of medical videos, millions of images, and much more content across 12 distinct content types.
Evidence Based Practice Tools
- Therapeutics InitiativeUBC organization dedicated to evidence-based drug therapy.
- Understanding Research EvidenceShort videos on relative risk, NNT, odds ratio, and many more topics.
- theNNTSummarizes the evidence for selected therapies and diagnostics.
- TRIP databaseEvidence based practice search tool. Registration or premium membership required for some content.
- MyStudiesAbstracts and data extracts from key RCTs.
Recommended Evidence Based Practice Books
Evidence-Based Practice Across the Health Professions by ISBN: 0729582272Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Drug Information: A Guide for Pharmacists, 6th ed by ISBN: 9781259837975Publication Date: 2017-12-13*not an ebook - available in print at Woodward Library
Clinical Practice Guidelines
- TRIP databaseEvidence based practice search tool. Registration or premium membership required for some content.
- BC Guidelines and ProtocolsBC Guidelines and Protocols is a small but local resource developed by the Guidelines & Protocols Advisory Committee.
- CPG InfobaseContains over 1200 clinical practice guideline developed or endorsed by a medical or health organization in Canada.
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in HealthCADTH is an independent, not-for-profit agency that offers evidence-based information on the effectiveness and efficiency of drugs and health technologies.
- Public Health Agency of CanadaGuidelines to support Canada's disease prevention and control efforts.
Critical Appraisal Resources
- CEBM Critical Appraisal WorksheetsFrom the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Toronto. Worksheets to assess studies on diagnosis; harm; prognosis; therapy; and systematic reviews.
- Critical Appraisal Skills Program WorksheetsWorksheets to assess: RCTs, systematic reviews, qualitative studies, cohort studies, diagnostic studies, case control studies, economic evaluations, and clinical prediction rules.