Research & Subject Guides: Physician Assistant: Evidence-Based Practice

Evidence-Based Medicine

What is EBM?

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.

Best research evidence
Clinical expertise
Patient values

When these three elements are integrated, clinicians and patients form a diagnostic and therapeutic alliance which optimizes clinical outcomes and quality of life.

From: The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (CEBM)

General Information

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Critical appraisal tools

Formulating Clinical Questions

Databases for EBM

Accessss Federated Search

PubMed

Mobile Apps for EBM

Dynamed
Click on Mobile in the top left menu on the Dynamed website and type in your email address. Dynamed will send further instructions for setting up the mobile app.
UpToDate Anywhere
Click on "Log in/Register" and complete the registration fields. You must register from within the Stony Brook network in order to gain access to the mobile apps and accrue CME credits.
Micromedex
Click on the Download Mobile Apps button on the lower right of the Micromedex website.
VisualDx
Free app for iPad, iPhone, and Android to build a custom differential diagnosis for over 1,200 visually presented conditions by entering specific patient findings.