Dear James,
In Italian I suggest, more than our web site (www.gimbe.org) our new journal
(www.gimbenews.it) with articles on research methodology and clinical
governance
I hope to see you in Taormina
www.ebhc.org
ciao
Nino Cartabellotta
Director
Centro Studi GIMBE®
Via Amendola 2 - 40121 Bologna
Tel. (+39) 051 5883920
Fax (+39) 051 3372195
www.gimbe.org
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Da: Evidence based health (EBH)
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] Per conto di James Osborne
Inviato: mercoledì 5 agosto 2009 17.58
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Oggetto: EBM - not in the english language
Dear colleagues
I'm shortly to deliver a short teaching session on evidence-based medicine
to
some visiting doctors from Iraq. Most of my session will deal with how we
teach/support/deploy EBM approaches locally at my institution, which of
course operates within the UK context of the NHS.
However, I'd also like to point them towards some useful resources (such as
critical appraisal sheets, Cochrane Library summaries, even general websites
about EBM in the Arabi(ic) world), that are in Arabic. I may not be the most
effective user of Google, but I'm surprised by how little I find. I'd be
grateful
for any recommended websites, copies of tools etc.
When I think further about it, I am disturbed that so many of the essential
tools and resources of EBM are (or appear to be) only available in English,
particularly as we are supposed to be moving away from EBM just for
clinicians
into a new world of EBM awareness for all including patients/consumers.
Presumeably a lot of EBM stuff from Canada has (legally) to be in French as
well as English. The National Library of Medicine's MedLine Plus is also
available
in Spanish. I know that NICE release their guidance in Welsh as well as
English. I know of a really cool project called EBM-EU that is trying to
make
EBM teaching materials available in a variety of (European) languages. I
know
that Cochrane Reviews are available in German and Spanish as well as English
-
so why not also in French or in Mandarin? CASPInternational do really useful
stuff promoting critical appraisal away from its roots in Oxford, good stuff
going on in Italy, Germany, etc.
We have a number of EBM 'centres' worldwide - some of which are (relatively)
well resourced with really excellent websites, materials etc. We almost
need
an interactive Google Map thingy for EBM, who does what, in what language
etc. Thinking back to the UK, we don't always know who does what in our
own backyard.
As an aside, my hospital has to have the ability to offer any of our patient
leaflets 'on demand' in another language - or in audio format or in braille.
If we
don't we get rapped over the knuckles. Thankfully not many ask.
James Osborne
Clinical Effectivenss Coordinator
University Hospital Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
England
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