Andrea,
You may be interested to see the Physiotherapy EB Database from Australia. It's
called PEDro.. The Physiotherapy Evidence Database,
http://ptwww.cchs.usyd.edu.au/pedro
Sheelagh Noonan BA Dip Lib
Medical Librarian
Sydney, Australia
Andrea Salzman wrote:
> Dear list;
>
> Please respond directly to me at [log in to unmask] I will compile and post
> answers to the list.
>
> I am a USA-based physio who is attempting to author a text on rehabilitation
> (using the best available evidence) by:
> 1. seeking and applying evidence-based therapy summaries produced by others,
> and
> 2. by publishing established evidence-based practice protocols which relate
> to therapeutic interventions;
> 3. combining this information with practical guidelines for taking
> rehabiltiation into a unique therapuetic environment (water).
>
> There is scads of information on how I can go about the EBM process myself
> (Tracy Bury's book, David Sackett's book, etc.). I am, however, in the early
> learning-curve stages on this process and would like to publish prior to
> dementia. Thus, I dream of plagarizing and consolidating (with citation) all
> the glorious work done by others on EB rehab. The problem seems to be that
> most of the EBM work has been done on medicine not rehabilitation/physical
> therapy.
>
> Query: Is there a central site for all the EBM about rehabilitation/therapy?
> I've been stymied as the term "therapy" -- as used in EBM work -- includes
> drug therapy and other "therapies" in which I have no compelling interest. I
> know I can muck about in the Cochrane Library to retrieve relevant studies
> (and am currently doing so). I just wondered if I was re-creating the
> proverbial wheel.
>
> Query: Is there any other rehabilitation professional or team who is
> pursuing a comcept similar to the Evidence-Based On-Call concept -- but for
> rehabilitation/therapy treatments only?
>
> Query: Is there currently a doctoral degree program in EBM available through
> a distance-learning model (over the Internet)? I would be delighted to
> receive contact information for any such institution.
>
> Thanks for any and all heads-up. Cheerio and all that,
>
> Andrea Poteat Salzman, MS, PT
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