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How to search BMJ Best Practice

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BMJ Best Practice

• A decision-support tool designed for use at point of care

• Combines the latest research evidence, guidelines and expert opinion - covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

• Incorporates BMJ Clinical Evidence – summarises the current state of knowledge about the prevention and treatment of clinical conditions, based on searches and appraisal of the literature

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How to Access

• latrobe.edu.au/library

• Select the Databases tab

• Select ‘B’ from the A-Z list

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Searching

• There are two ways to locate information:

• Browsing listed topics (Show conditions)

• Entering terms into the search box

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• Click on the ‘Show conditions’ tab to browse information on the management of a patient with this condition

• You can also access Assessment and Overview topics from this tab

Search tips – browse topics

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BMJ Best Practice – Condition topics

• Topics are structured into sections, based around the patient consultation

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BMJ Clinical Evidence• Under ‘Treatment’ click on ‘Evidence’ to view information from BMJ

Clinical Evidence (systematic reviews of key clinical questions)

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Search tips - search box

• Assumes the word ‘AND’ between each keyword

• Use AND, OR, NOT to refine or broaden your search. A maximum of two terms are recommended

• To search for a phrase put terms in quotes, e.g. “back pain”

• By default, various stems of words are searched, e.g. ‘exercise’ will also find ‘exercises’, ‘exercising’

• Search terms are automatically mapped to MeSH and topic synonyms, e.g. ‘acetaminophen’ will also find results for ‘paracetamol’

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Search results

• Search results are tabbed by content type (e.g. Treatment, Evidence)

• Results for known conditions or symptoms are ranked by relevance

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View and save search results

Create an account in order to:

• Save searches and bookmark pages

• Share links with others

• Access the site from your mobile device

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BMJ Best Practice App

• The BMJ Best Practice app can be downloaded on iOS and Android devices

• Create an account on the desktop version, then use these details to log in to the app on your mobile device

See www.bestpractice.bmj.com for details

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Help

• Systematic Review library guide: latrobe.libguides.com/systematicreviews

→ (See ‘Finding Systematic Reviews’ tab for other databases that contain systematic reviews)

• Health Databases library guide: latrobe.libguides.com/healthdatabases

• Chat online to library staff: latrobe.edu.au/chat/

• Ask La Trobe: latrobe.edu.au/ask-us