Finding the Best Evidence

Are you charged with searching for evidence-based practice information? Wondering where to start?

Try the new and improved Find the Best Evidence : Evidence-Based Practice Tool Summary web page.
Affinity Intranet > Library > Find the Best Evidence

This new page presents many of the Evidence-based Practice (EBP) tools Affinity users can access, in an easy-to-use format.

Using the modified Haynes Pyramid9see above), I recommend that people start at the top and work down through the arrangement of evidence-based practice tools.

• Evidence at the top of the pyramid (ie: a Cochrane Systematic Review) will be easier to find and apply.
• Evidence at the bottom is closer to raw research data and requires more evaluation and interpretation on the part of the reader/researcher. You may need to ask yourself, “Is this a well-done clinical trial? Does the study structure have flaws? Do the statistics make sense? Does this apply to my patient(s)?”

The Cochrane Library is considered the gold standard of EBP. If you can find a Cochrane Review on your topic, you’re in luck. Keep in mind, though, that Cochrane is a relatively small database. Although new reviews are being added regularly, the review you need may not have been written yet, so you may need to move down the pyramid to find evidence that applies to your particular clinical question.

Visit Find the Best Evidence for more information.

Archives Week Oct 16-22, 2005

The Affinity Archives have been recently updated at both MMC and STE Libraries with many “new” items.
Stop in or visit us online :
Affinity Intranet > Library > Library Archives
We have many pictures, newspaper clippings, newsletters, scrapbooks, historical books in nursing & medicine and more ... Items are available for retirement parties, memorials, and other projects involving the local cultural history of Affinity hospitals and medical communities.

Here’s a taste of our Digital Archives :
Images from the Hallmarks of Mercy : History of Mercy Medical Center
Celebrating 100 Years of Caring : St. Elizabeth Hospital 1899-1999 (The Centennial Book in PDF)

Matching Game (Part 1)

This month we will be featuring books and videos that have been recommended by Affinity employees and medical staff who have helped build our great collections.

Matching Game (Part 1):
Can you guess who recommended what?
Match the title in the set 1 with your Affinity Colleague’s name in set 2. (Word Document - May be easier to play.)
Answers below.

Recommended Titles (Set 1)
A. Four Things that Matter Most
B. Healthy Mediterranean Cooking
C. Good to Great
D. Purpose-Driven Life [Audio-CD Set]
E. Developing Minds Video Library
F. If I Get to 5 : What Children Can Teach Us About Courage and Character
G. Super Size Me [DVD]
H. Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome
I. Crucial Conversations
Crucial Confrontations
J. I’m Turning on My Computer, Now What?
K. The Great Influenza
L. The Next Place

Names of Recommenders (Set 2)
1. Dr. Barbara Strand AMG Pediatrics
2. Mary Ellerbusch, Nurse, MMC ICU & Sue Demos, Nurse Manager, MMC PCU1
3. Laurie Raupp Coordinator, Employee Assistance Program
4. Lee Cleveland and Lori Deering, Dieticians, Endocrinology and Lifespan
5. Dr. Jennifer Norden AMG-Integrative Medicine
6. Bob Turner COO Northern Region
7. Rita Svatos Director, NurseDirect/Population Health
8. Dr. Nancy Homburg AMG Family Practice
9. Rev. Calvin Reyburn STE Spiritual Services
10. Lois Ziebell Recruiting Specialist, Human Resources
11. President George W. Bush
12. Deb Rodman Information Systems Training Analyst

If you have a recommendation for library purchase, please tell Library Staff. We’re open to your suggestions!

Answers : A-9, B-5, C-6, D-7, E-1, F-10, G-4, H-3, I-2, J-12, K-11. L-8

Enter our Drawing for October is Medical Librarians' Month

Celebrate with Affinity Library Services.

Enter our drawing by guessing :
How many Books and Audiovisuals (not counting journals)
in each respective library?

To enter the drawing, stop by the libraries at
Mercy Medical Center
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Or the 20th Ave Oshkosh YMCA.
Treats while they last!

Or enter your guess online by visiting the library website.
Contest ends October 31, 2005.

You could win a gift certificate to Barnes & Noble!
Other Door prizes will be available.

As always, it is our pleasure to serve you.