Synopsis "Searching Skills Toolkit: Finding The Evidence, 2Nd Edition"
The Distinguishing Feature Of This New Edition Of The Searching Skills Toolkit Will Be The Introduction Of A Chapter On Health Management, Quality Improvement And Cost Effectiveness Information Sources, To Support Evidence - Based Management Decision - Making. This Chapter Is Particularly Aimed At Commissioners, Policy Makers, And Health Managers. The New Edition Will Also Contain Updated Instructions For Searching A Range Of Health Care Databases, Highlighting New Features, Which Have Evolved As A Consequence Of Technological Advances. All The Urls Listed In The First Edition Will Be Refreshed And Updated, And The Chapter On Reference Management Software Will Be Extended To Include Open Source Software, Such As Mendeley And Zotero. Finally, The Section On Teaching Tips Will Include New Training Exercises Which People Can Use In Their Searching Skills Training Sessions. The Following Improvements Will Also Be Made: Expanded Section On Critical Appraisal Summarise Symbols On A Separate Key Page More Detailed Subheadings Add Brief Descriptions Of Database Content Improved Screenshots With Clearer And Larger Images Include More International Sources, E. G. National Guideline Clearinghouse For Guidelines And Medline Plus For Patients Drawing Upon Reviews And Feedback On The Current Edition, The Following Suggestions Will Be Explored And Where Possible Will Be Included Throughout The New Edition: For Drug Or Safety Information Or Guidelines Or Health Statistics - There Should Be A Section Referring Users To Key Sites, E. G. Fda, Who, Emea, Information Centre, Office For National Statistics, National Clearing House, Rather Than Doing An Ebm Search. Pile The Small, Intermediate And Long Searches Upon Each Other Instead Of Next To Each Other. The Basic Principle Would Be To Start With A Pico And To (Almost) Always Search For Secondary Searches First (Fast), Search For Primary Publications (Original Research) In Pubmed If Necessary And Broaden The Search In Other Databases. We Are Interpreting This To Mean That We Should Demonstrate One Scenario And Take It Through Three Steps: Quick And Dirty, More In - Depth, And Very Advanced; And Show What We Find With Each To Demonstrate The Differences Of Using Different Techniques. We Feel That We Did This In The First Edition, But Perhaps We Need To Make It Clearer. More Focus On Diagnosis, Etiology / Harm And Prognosis - Not Just Interventions. More Clinical Examples
