nice evidence search workshop revised reference slide set august 21 2015 1
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NICE Evidence Search workshop
Revised reference slide set August 21 2015
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NICE Evidence Search Learning outcomes
By the end of the session you will be able to:
• Use Evidence Search more effectively and understand its scope
• identify some of the more useful filters to refine your search results
• Search and browse CKS, NICE Pathways and the BNF /BNFc
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What is NICE Evidence Search ?
• Part of NICE Evidence Services, with clear links to other NICE services and resources
• A password free web portal linking to high quality medicine, health and social care information sources
• Aims to cover the commonly searched conditions• Relates to the care of patients and clients
It does not contain • all records from CINAHL, PubMed / Medline… • links to the underlying science of healthcare.
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More on NICE Evidence Search:
• Separate from, but complements, bibliographic
databases such as BNI, CINAHL, and PubMed /Medline,
• Easily accessible - no need for registration
• For health and social care professionals
• A developing resource –
• It brings together selected content from multiple high
quality web sources
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Evidence Search Sources of information Over 300,000 selected resources from over 600 sources
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Evidence Search sources continued…• Information from a wide range of trusted, high quality health and
social care sources
• Selected information for the public
• Current lists of included sourceshttps://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/evidence-services/evidence-search/evidence-search-content
• Sources are searched by an automated and/or manual process
• The NICE Accreditation Mark is displayed next to the name of guidance producers whose processes have been accredited
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• whenever you want to find high quality consolidated sources of evidence relating directly to patient or client care
These include: guidelines, care pathways, systematic reviews and medicines information
• when you need a quick answer: it can be a short-cut to a range of high quality, mostly full-text resources
NB Evidence Search is not the place to search for primary research articles
Consider using Evidence Search first:
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Evidence search www.evidence.nhs.uk
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How NICE Evidence search works + searching tips
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Simple searching
• Problem or population
• e.g. dementia
• Review 3 sections of results screen
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Results screen
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FiltersCentre
Main results
Key NICEproduced or
procured resources
How Evidence Search works
• Mostly searching the full text of selected web resources
• Results are ranked according to relevancy – how frequently the search terms appear, and where
they appear in the documents
– the quality of the documents, based on the relative hierarchy of evidence
– the date of publication of the document
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• Search using the terms you consider to be most relevant – terms are automatically combined with AND
• Try a range of terms if you don’t find what you want first time. You can use “OR” to search for synonyms • eg. ( poverty or deprivation) mental health
• Truncation may be useful – e.g. pregnan*
retrieves all terms with the stem pregnan* including pregnancy, pregnancies, pregnant
How to use Evidence Search - some search tips:
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How to use Evidence Search some more tips:
• For exact phrases use inverted commas – e.g. “expert patient” - all results will include the exact
phrase “expert patient”, rather documents with the word expert unrelated to the word patient
• Try using fewer terms: select only terms that are key
• Use the filter by tool to narrow your search by type of information e.g.
* Guidance * Evidence Summaries
* Systematic Reviews * Patient information
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Filtering medicines
Key filters include:
•Current awareness
•Drug Best Practice Guidance
•Drug prescribing and safety
•Patient Information
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Medicines search results “roll-up/roll-down” feature
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This feature works for:•SPCs (summaries of product characteristics) and patient information leaflets from the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC).•Public Assessment Reports from the MHRA
Example search #1
How should Crohn’s disease be managed?
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Simple search on Crohn’s
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Filters
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Example search #2
What guidance should asthmatics be given on scuba diving?
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Asthma scuba diving – prioritised results
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The Recommendations
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Browsing and searching key NICE sources
Browsing key
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Browsing and searching CKS A-Z
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What are Clinical Knowledge Summaries?
• Primary care in focus
• Structured information inc.Background information, Goals, Diagnosis,
Management, Prescribing information
Evidence, References
• Procured by NICE
• Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual resource
• Browsable as an individual resource
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Generic example health and social care: goals
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Browsing and searching NICE Pathways
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What are NICE pathways?• Graphical presentation of NICE guidance• Bring together related guidance, between and within topics• Link other products – Quality Standards and implementation
resources• Provide a useful format for multiple audiences – a network of NICE
information• Produced by NICE• Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual
resource• Browsable separately
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Domestic violence and abuse
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Domestic violence and abuse
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Browsing and searching the BNF and BNFc
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What is the BNF/ BNFc?
• Key medicine prescribing source
• Structured information resource
• Updated every month
• Procured by NICE
• Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual resource
• Browsable by chapter and appendices
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Journals and databases links
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Options for Evidence awareness bulletins and alerts
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BNF BNFc Apps for android smartphone, tablet, iPhone and iPad
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NICE Guidance FREE App Offline access to all of NICE's guidance products, organised by clinical or public health topic.
http://www.nice.org.uk/About/What-we-do/NICE-apps-for-smartphones-and-tablets
NHS Athens user ID not required
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• Whenever you want to find high quality sources especially guidelines, care pathways, systematic reviews and medicines information
• When you need a quick answer. It can be a short-cut to high quality, mostly full text resources.
So, consider using Evidence Search first:
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Let us know if you have an enquiry or
suggestion about Evidence Search
• 0300 323 0140
Contacting Evidence Search
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