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NICE Evidence search workshop

Learn to use NICE Evidence Search effectively, refine search results using filters, access high-quality health information, and identify key sources. Includes tips on searching and browsing CKS, NICE Pathways, and BNF/BNFc.

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NICE Evidence search workshop

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  1. NICE Evidence search workshop Reference slide set with teaching notes July 2017

  2. Workshop aim and learning outcomes Aim: • to know when and how to use NICE Evidence search Learning outcomes: • be able to use Evidence search more effectively and understand its scope • identify some of the more useful filters to refine your search results • know how to search and browse CKS, NICE Pathways and the BNF/BNFc

  3. What is NICE Evidence Search ? • A search engine linking to high quality medicine, health and social care information sources • covers commonly-searched conditions • care of patients/service users • It is NOT: • a search engine for primary research articles (NOT a PubMed/Medline equivalent) • a source of information on the underlying science of healthcare

  4. More on NICE Evidence Search: • Separate from, but complements, bibliographic databases such as BNI, CINAHL, and PubMed /Medline, • Easily accessible - no need for registration • For health and social care professionals • Adeveloping resource • It brings together selected content from multiple high quality web sources

  5. What’s in NICE Evidence Search? Information for the public Medicines current awareness

  6. Over 275,000 resources from more than 800 sources

  7. Evidence Search sources • Information from a wide range of trusted, high quality health and social care sources • Selected information for the public • Current lists of included sourceshttps://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/evidence-services/evidence-search/evidence-search-content • Sources are searched by an automated and/or manual process • The NICE Accreditation Mark is displayed next to the name of guidance producers whose processes have been accredited. You can filter by accredited sources.

  8. When to use Evidence search • To find high quality consolidated sources of evidence relating directly to patient care • including guidelines, systematic reviews and medicines information • When you need a quick answer NB. Whatever evidence you find, you need to critically appraiseand make sure it is relevant.

  9. Evidence search www.evidence.nhs.uk

  10. NICE Evidence search workshop How NICE Evidence search works + searching tips

  11. Simple searching • Search terms: • problem or population • e.g. dementia • Refine your search • filters • additional search terms

  12. Filters Results Screen Main results

  13. How Evidence Search works • Mostly searching the full text of selected web resources • Results are ranked according to relevancy • how frequently the search terms appear, and where they appear in the documents • the quality of the documents, based on the relative hierarchy of evidence • the date of publication of the document

  14. How to use Evidence Search - some search tips: • Search using the terms you consider to be most relevant – terms are automatically combined with AND • Try a range of terms if you don’t find what you want first time. You can use “OR” to search for synonyms • eg. ( poverty or deprivation) mental health • Truncation may be useful, BUT can affect the ranking so use with care • e.g. pregnan*retrieves all terms with the stem pregnan* including pregnancy, pregnancies, pregnant

  15. How to use Evidence Search some more tips: • For exact phrases use inverted commas • e.g. “expert patient” - all results will include the exact phrase “expert patient”, rather documents with the word expert unrelated to the word patient • Try using fewer terms: select only terms that are key • Use the filter by tool to narrow your search by Evidence type e.g. * Guidance * Evidence Summaries * Systematic Reviews * Information for the public

  16. Filtering for medicines information Key filters include: • Prescribing and technical information • Safety alerts • Medicines current awareness • Information for the public

  17. Medicines search results “roll-up/roll-down” feature This feature works for: SPCs (summaries of product characteristics) and patient information leaflets from the electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC). Public Assessment Reports from the MHRA

  18. Example search #1 How should Crohn’s disease be managed?

  19. Simple search on Crohns

  20. Filter by evidence type/ Guidance

  21. Filter results by by source

  22. Example search #2 Sharon Barnes, a 35 year-old pregnant lady comes into your clinic that has been recently diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome. She has read about peppermint oil having beneficial effects in a ‘Women’s Own’ magazine. She wants to know if peppermint oil is a safe and effective treatment for IBS. What advice can you give her using guidance from NICE Evidence Search?

  23. Results filtered by Guidance

  24. Recommendations peppermint oil, ibs, pregnancy - CKS

  25. Browsing and searching key NICE sources

  26. NICE Evidence search workshop Browsing and searching Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)

  27. What are Clinical Knowledge Summaries? • Primary care in focus • Structured information inc. Background information, Goals, Diagnosis, Management, Prescribing information Evidence, References • Procured by NICE • Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual resource • Browsable as an individual resource

  28. Generic example health and social care: goals

  29. NICE Evidence search workshop Browsing and searching NICE Pathways

  30. What are NICE pathways? • Graphical presentation of NICE guidance – interactive flowcharts • Bring together related guidance, between and within topics • Link other products – Quality Standards and implementation resources • Provide a useful format for multiple audiences – a network of NICE information • Produced by NICE • Searchable via NICE Evidence search and as an individual resource • Browsable separately

  31. NICE Pathways – browse A-Z

  32. Domestic violence

  33. Domestic violence and abuse

  34. Domestic violence and abuse

  35. NICE Evidence search workshop Browsing and searching the BNF and BNFc

  36. What is the BNF/ BNFc? • Key medicine prescribing source • Structured information resource • Updated every month • Procured by NICE • Searchable via NICE Evidence Search and as an individual resource • Browsable by chapter and appendices

  37. NICE Evidence search workshop Additional – browsing NICE Guidance by area

  38. Browse NICE Guidance

  39. Oral and dental health example

  40. NICE Guideline example

  41. NICE Evidence search workshop Journals and databases links NB: only licenced for NHS Staff and for students on NHS commissioned undergraduate courses

  42. NICE Evidence search workshop Keeping up to date and apps

  43. NICE footer - keeping in touch: some options to explore

  44. NICE apps for smartphones and tabletshttps://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/nice-apps-for-smartphones-and-tablets

  45. In summaryConsider using Evidence Search first: • Whenever you want to find high quality sources especially guidelines, care pathways, systematic reviews and medicines information • When you need a quick answer. It can be a short-cut to high quality, mostly full text resources.

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