Using PubMed in Evidence-Based Practice On-Demand

For more information or to schedule this course, please contact Kate Majewski at NLMTrainers@nih.gov
 

When conducting research, evidence-based practice is a method for framing clinical questions that will help yield optimal search results. PubMed.gov is a free research tool from the National Library of Medicine®. This one-hour, online course will show you how to use evidence-based practice when searching clinical questions using PubMed®. 

Resource URL: https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class-catalog/using-pubmed-evidence-based-practice-demand

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to: 

• Accurately and precisely describe your clinical question using PICO 
• Convert your research question into search terms for PubMed 
• Check that medical terms in your search map to Medical Subject Headings 
• Use appropriate filters to refine your search results set 
• Use Clinical Queries to limit results to clinically relevant literature 
• Find full text linked from PubMed 
• Identify your library as a source for full text articles 
• Find the “My NCBI” link and recognize that as a place to store searches and citations 
• Identify your librarian as a source for search assistance 
• Find the PubMed Online Training page and specific tutorials relevant for continuing your training 

Agenda

The course modules include: 

• PubMed and Evidence-Based Practice (5 min.) 
• Develop a Clinical Question (10 min.) 
• Use PubMed to Find Relevant Articles (20 min.) 
• Next Steps (10 min.) 
• Scenario Practice (15 min.) 

MLA CE Credits: 1.0