What is Best Bets?
What is BestBETs?
Best BETS (Best Evidence Topics) is a free online database of evidence-based answers to clinical questions. Users can either browse the database by title or topic, or search using their own terms. A typical BET will have a structured three part question, a clinical scenario, search strategy, search outcome and relevant papers (if any) and a clinical bottom line. BETs are given a colored symbol to represent their status such as complete, submitted but not checked, new on the database etc.
What does BestBETs cover?
Although BestBETs began in emergency medicine, it?s coverage is now extending into other areas such as cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care and pediatrics.
How do I access BestBETs?
BestBETs is freely available via the World Wide Web at: http://www.bestbets.org/index.html
What additional features does BestBETs have?
Some BBs contain papers which have been critically appraised; a link takes you to the appraisal. Critical appraisal checklists are also available as downloads, as are worksheets for people who want to submit a BET of their own. Users can sign up to be members and to receive a regular newsletter.
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