Evidence-based Medicine Search: a customizable federated search engine

Bracke, Paul; Howse, David; Keim, Samuel M.

doi:10.3163/1536-5050.96.2.108

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“…17 Another project was the development of a tool by the Arizona Health Sciences Library for searching clinical evidence that can be customized for different user groups. 18 However, few survey studies have been published on U.S. medical librarians' EBM-related roles and their perspectives related to these roles. One recent study was a survey of all members of the Hospital Libraries Section of the Medical Library Association (MLA) on their perceptions of the skills required to support evidence-based health care.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Supporting Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survey of U.S. Medical Librarians

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2011

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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This study sought to identify medical librarians' roles in supporting evidence-based medicine (EBM) practice; determine whether medical librarians' work settings, work experiences, or job titles made a difference in their EBM responsibilities; and find out medical librarians' perceptions of their roles in EBM practice. An online survey was distributed to U.S. medical librarians. The results showed that medical librarians had positive perceptions of their EBM-related responsibilities, which were diverse and specific. Their work experience, work settings, and job title categories related to some of their EBM responsibilities, as well as the nature of some of the responsibilities.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Supporting Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survey of U.S. Medical Librarians

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2011

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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“…Medical and dental treatment planning and treatment, including endodontics, should be based on a high level of evidence of the effects, effectiveness, and safety of the treatment (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). Therefore, it is important to define and understand what kind of evidence is strong and reliable, and what is weak and less reliable.…”

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“…This review focuses on the level of evidence in general, with special attention being paid to endodontics. According to most classifications, the strongest evidence can be obtained from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and even more from systematic reviews of RCTs and meta-analyses (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). It is widely recognized that RCTs are rarely, if ever, available for decision making in clinical endodontics.…”

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Level of evidence in endodontics: what does it mean?

Haapasalo¹

2016

Endodontic Topics

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This review is a short summary of how the level of evidence in endodontics and endodontic research in particular is defined. The goal of this review is to help dentists and endodontists to become familiar with the evidence pyramid and thereby better evaluate the reliability of evidence on daily practices and choices in patient care. All medical treatment, including endodontic treatment, should be based on the best available evidence. In this review, the definition of evidence is presented and the different levels in the evidence pyramid are discussed with a special focus on endodontics. Much of the presently published endodontic research is done in vitro, which is regarded as the lowest level of evidence. However, it is important to understand that a low level of evidence does not mean that the research in itself is of poor quality or somehow unreliable. Instead, it means that one cannot draw conclusions from in vitro studies to clinical events with a high probability of accuracy. The in vitro results may be true, and often are, but more evidence from different types of studies such as case‐control and cohort studies and even randomized controlled trials is needed to increase the probability that the results obtained in research do in fact correctly reflect the real events, e.g. level of probability of healing after a specific type of treatment for a specific disease. This review also discusses why the highest level of evidence may be difficult to obtain for a variety of practical and ethical reasons, and why not all endodontic treatment needs to be based on information from randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews.

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“…From a technical perspective, many librarians involved with maintaining these systems complain about a lack of standardization between vendors in how searches are transmitted and how results are received (Bracke, Howse and Keim, 2008;Calhoun, 2005;Jung et al, 2008;McHale, 2007;Elliott, 2004;Warren, 2007;Boock, Nichols and Kristick, 2006;Webster, 2007). For resources not compatible with federated search, the library can either use HTML 'screen-scrape' or omit these resources altogether.…”

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“…Arizona Health Library System developed a tool that searches all their electronic book collections and sorts results based on the evidence pyramid (Bracke, Howse and Keim, 2008). Rainwater (2007) describes how Brown University created a workflow for tracking and organizing e-resources and ultimately integrating them into their federated search.…”

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One box to search them all

2009

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Purpose: In May, 2008, the Ad Hoc Committee on Federated Search was formed to prepare a preliminary report on federated searching for a special meeting of Librarians Academic Council at Memorial University Libraries. The primary purpose was to discuss current implementation of federated searching at this institution, explore what other institutions have done, examine federated search technologies, and offer recommendations for the future of this resource.Design/methodology/approach: Information was drawn from a recent usability study, an informal survey was created, and a literature/technology review was conducted.Findings: These four recommendations were proposed and unanimously accepted: 1) actively develop our current federated search implementation by developing a web presence supporting 'federated search in context', 2) reevaluating the need for consortial purchase of a federated search tool, 3) continuing to assess the current federated search marketplace with an eye to choosing a nextgeneration federated search tool that includes effective de-duping, sorting, relevancy, clustering and faceting, and 4) that the selection, testing, and implementation of such a tool involve broad participation from the Memorial University Libraries system. Originality/value: Provided is an inside look at one institution's experience with implementing a federated search too particularly the area

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Evidence-based Medicine Search: a customizable federated search engine

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Supporting Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survey of U.S. Medical Librarians

Supporting Evidence-Based Medicine: A Survey of U.S. Medical Librarians

Level of evidence in endodontics: what does it mean?

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