Asia Pacific Center for Evidence-Based Medicine http://www.apebm.com/
Provides healthcare professionals in the region with resources for practising and teaching this discipline. Includes events calendar and database of critically-appraised topics. Based in the Phillipines.
Australasian Cochrane Centre http://www.cochrane.org.au/
Promoting effective health care in the region through systematic reviews, with details of courses and access to the Cochrane Library ( free for Australian users ). Affiliated with Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Center for Health Evidence http://www.cche.net/che/home.asp
Provides support and information for consumers and policy makers, as well as continuing education and research opportunities for practitioners. Part of the University of Alberta, Canada.
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthservices/cce/
Undertakes teaching and research activities and provides health technology assessments for government and other agencies. A booklet providing answers to clinical questions can be downloaded free of charge. Affiliated with Monash Uniiversity, Melbourne, Australia.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine http://www.cebm.net/
Provides workshops, resources and background information for healthcare professionals, with research tools and educational material to download. Based at Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Guidelines International Network http://www.g-i-n.net/
Association of organisations and individuals involved in the systematic development and application of clinical practice guidelines. Features a searchable list of members.
Health Information Research Unit http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/
Developing evidence-based principles in the field of informatics, and studying applications for health care policy. A department of McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.
Nordic Cochrane Centre http://www.cochrane.dk/
Part of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international network of individuals and institutions committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care.
