Olalekan Moses Olayemi
Abstract
Evidenced based Medicine (EBM) is
rapidly growing and has been receiving more recognition since last decade, due
to its potential to effectively handle clinical challenges of patient. EBM
involves making sound decisions about treatment of patients which can
significantly improve healthcare delivery and save human lives. The current
emphasis on evidence-based healthcare has necessitated and increases the demand
for information resource. The need for timely and quality filtered information
at the point of care has demand the search for dependable information
source(s). Conversely, one of the main challenges facing EBM physician today
is, where to find available and reliable clinical evidence for effective
decision making. The information explosion caused by internet as well as many
untrustworthy source of information in the electronic environment, coupled with
lack of time on the part of physicians to assess desired information has
further created vital roles for health librarians at the point of care.
Therefore, the objective of this study is to bridge the gap between physician
and EBM research by providing knowledge and gateway access to EBM online
database resource for health professionals, as well the roles played by health
Science Librarian in the practice. It is hope that, it will become a tool and
guide resource for evidenced based medicine decision making in the health
sciences which would in turn provides quality care of individual patients, and
also improves accountability for health care practices and promotes life-long
learning.
Keywords: Evidence-based medicine,
Online, Databases, Librarian, Health science.
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