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Physician Assistants - Resource Guide

Information resources -- both web-based and library-owned content -- for those registered in the physician assistants program through the Department of Family and Community Medicine

Canadian Guidelines

Alberta Medical Association
British Columbia
Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
Unbiased, evidence-based information on drugs, devices, health care systems and best practices.
Canadian Association of Radiologists
Canadian Cardiovascular Society
Canadian Diabetes Association
Canadian Paediatric Society
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Canadian Thoracic Society
Canadian Urological Association
Cancer Care Ontario - Guidelines
Centre for Effective Practice
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario
Mainly policy, management and supervision guidelines
Disease Prevention and Control Guidelines
Hypertension Canada
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
National Pain Centre Guidelines
Patients Experience Evidence Research
Public Health Agency of Canada
RNAO Best Practice Guidelines
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Subscription Required
Therapeutics Institute
A collection of the Drug Assessment Working Group's reports on the effectiveness and safety of drug therapies used in Canada.
Thrombosis Canada

United States Practice Guidelines

ACP Clinical Recommendations
American College of Physicians - ACP develops three different types of clinical recommendations: Clinical Practice Guidelines, Clinical Guidance Statements, and Best Practice Advice.
AIDS info
American Association of Family Physicians
American College of Cardiology
American Gastroenterological Association
American Psychiatric Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guidelines and Guidance Library
Essential Evidence Plus Guidelines
Guideline Central
Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
Hopkins ABX Guide
Infectious Disease Society of America Practice Guidelines
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
US Preventive Services Task Force
The USPSTF conducts scientific evidence reviews of a broad range of clinical preventive health care services (such as screening, counseling, and preventive medications) and develops recommendations for primary care clinicians and health systems.

International Practice Guidelines

Finding Guidelines in Databases

DynaMed Plus This link opens in a new window
Click on specialties, then filter to "Guidelines and Resources"
EMBASE This link opens in a new window
Use the heading "Practice Guidelines"
MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new window
Once the search is complete, click on "More Limits"; scroll down to "Publication Types"; click on "Practice Guideline"; click on "Limit A Search"; the limit applies to the last search, unless otherwise specified
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Click on "Limits" tab; under "Publication Types", click on "Practice Guideline"; this will limit every subsequent search to practice guidelines, therefore, remember to remove the limit if no longer searching for guidelines
TRIP Pro This link opens in a new window
Conduct search, then filter for "Guidelines" and/or geographic area(s) under filter results

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