optometry

The Centre for Eye Health (CFEH) based at the University of New South Wales provides state-of-the-art eye imaging and visual system diagnostic services to the general community in one location, at no charge.

For Opthalmologists and Optometrists, there are also online cases to assist with use of EBP from a problem-based learning perspective.

• The IMAGE online newsletters are freely available and discuss a key eye condition in each issue from an Optometric perspective.

Once you know the searching basics, these resources from PubMED may help you articles more efficiently by using the MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) - a standard keyword vocabulary used in Medicine and related fields. According to PubMED, these resources may be of particular interest to searchers of MEDLINE®/PubMed®, and is used in the PubMed search classes offered by NLM and the National Training Center and Clearinghouse.

PICO questions help you capture all the important aspects of a question. But more than that, they help you find relevant articles to answer your question, faster! This resource provides a worksheet of how to make a PICO question and directly translate that into search terms. A worked example and tips are also provided to set you on our way to providing evidence-based advice. It is in word format so you can type into the sheet to save time.

Here is a pdf copy of the slides and notes used for the first EBP Interest Group meeting conducted in October 2013 at the University of New South Wales. If you are interested in a copy of the PowerPoint slides or want to participate in the group, please contact us at eboptometry@unsw.edu.au.

This web-based article provides a very comprehensive table of open access journals available for opthalmology, optometry and vision.
Citation: Leffler Christopher. Open access ophthalmology, optometry, and vision journals. [Internet]. Version 25. oculistmd. 2013 Sep 10. Available from: http://oculistmd.wordpress.com/article/open-access-ophthalmology-optomet....

A one page resource with an overview of a) free places to search for the evidence, b) the steps involved in searching efficiently using secondary and primary resources and c) the PICO format for asking a clinical question. A great quick reference tool to print and keep for quick access to help you ask and acquire literature.