NEOMED Library: M3 Practice Based Learning and Improvement Presentation Guide: Step 5: Clinical Guidelines

Where to Find Clinical Guidelines

The National Guideline Clearinghouse will no longer be available after July 16th.

AccessMedicine
See the CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2019 and the CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Inpatient Medicine 2018–2019
ECRI Guidelines Trust - check working in July
MEDLINE - PubMed
You can set the guideline filter under article types.
UpToDate
UpToDate covers over 10,000 clinical topics in over 20 medical specialties and includes links to fulltext articles, drugs & drug interaction databases, and medical calculators.

Determiing Validity for a Clinical Guideline
Duke University Medical Center Library and Archives

Duke University Medical Center Library and Archive Evidence-Based Practice Guide: Appraise (https://guides.mclibrary.duke.edu/ebm/appraise)

Supplementary resource: What do they mean by values on the worksheet?

Levels of Evidence (EL) for Clinical Practice Guidelines
Appendix 10 in Kamel C, McGahan L, Mierzwinski-Urban M, et al. Preoperative Skin Antiseptic Preparations and Application Techniques for Preventing Surgical Site Infections: A Systematic Review of the Clinical Evidence and Guidelines [Internet]. Ottawa (ON): Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health; 2011 Jun. Appendix 10, Levels of Evidence (EL) for Clinical Practice Guidelines. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK174545/
Other Level of Evidence Scales for Clinical Guidelines