September 23, 2016

Evidence-Based Practice Point-of-Care Resources: A Quantitative Evaluation of Quality, Rigor, and Content

Campbell JM, Umapathysivam K, Xue Y, Lockwood C. Evidence-Based Practice Point-of-Care Resources: A Quantitative Evaluation of Quality, Rigor, and Content. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2015 Dec;12(6):313-27.

Key findings

This study evaluated the quality, rigor and content of Evidence-Based Practice Point-of-Care Resources. It found that BMJ Best Practice was in the upper quartile of EBP point-of-care providers. BMJ Best Practice achieved maximum scores for authorship, peer review, transparency and independence. It also achieved maximum scores for literature search/surveillance, method of critical appraisal and type of evidence used.