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RCH Clinical Guidelines

Royal Children's Hospital Clinical Guidelines

UptoDate

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UpToDate-for-Organisations-Registration-Guide

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Australian Guidelines

Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal (NHMRC)
Australian Diabetes Society Guidelines
Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare
Australian Resuscitation Council Guidelines
CAHS Clinical Practice Manual (Please Note: access only available via Healthpoint)
CH Clinical Nursing Policies
Chief Psychiatrist of WA Clinical Guidelines The Mental Health Act 2014 requires the Chief Psychiatrist to be responsible for overseeing the treatment and care to a range of users of mental health services. He is required to discharge that responsibility by publishing a set of standards and guidelines for treatment and care provided by Mental Health Services and overseeing compliance with those standards.
Discharge Criteria Following General Anaesthesia
Fever Without Source in Infants < 3 months - Inpatient Management and Discharge This guideline aims to provide direction for clinicians in identifying infants at high / low risk, appropriate investigations, and timely discharge.
Kids Health WA PMH Emergency Dept Paediatric Acute Care Guidelines
Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse Training Policy This Policy supersedes OD 0606/14 Guidelines for Protecting Children 2015.
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(revised May 2017)
Medical Journal of Australia Clinical Guidelines
National Asthma Council Australia
NETS WA (Neonatal and the Newborn Emergency Transport Service)
Nutrition for Children - Birth to 18 years
PCH clinical guideline - Cytomegalovirus (CMV) neonatal pathway
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists - Clinical Guidelines
Royal Children’s Hospital Clinical Practice Guidelines

International Guidelines

Alternatives to AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse: Finding Guideline Summaries In a Post-NGC World
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Guidelines A series of documents intended to inform clinical practice in child and adolescent psychiatry. Over the next few years, the original series – known as Practice Parameters – will be phased out and replaced by two new series of documents – known as Clinical Updates and Clinical Practice
American Diabetes Association. Standards of Care
APA (American Psychiatric Association) - Children and Adolescents Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training emphasizes developmental considerations. Biological, sociocultural, psychodynamic, behavioral, and familial aspects of childhood and adolescence and their problems are covered in both clinical and didactic experiences.
ASCO(American Society of Clinical Oncology) Guidelines ASCO develops and publishes clinical practice guidelines, provisional clinical opinions (PCOs), and guideline endorsements, providing evidence-based recommendations to serve as a guide for doctors and outline appropriate methods of treatment and care
Bright Futures American Academy of Pediatrics Bright Futures is a national health promotion and prevention initiative. The Bright Futures Guidelines provide theory-based and evidence-driven guidance for all preventive care screenings and health supervision visits.
Canadian Medical Association - CPG Infobase
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention US)
GIN - Guideline International Network Including registry of guidelines in development. contains guidelines from across the globe in many languages, both published and in development
Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)
Health and Care Professions Council (hcpc) [UK] - Social Workers in England Standards of Proficiency
Medical Board of Australia
National Clinical Guideline Centre (UK)
New Zealand Ministry of Health Guidelines
NICE - National Institute for health and care excellence
Surviving sepsis campaign international guidelines for the management of septic shock and sepsis-associated organ dysfunction in children

Trip Medical Database

Alternatives to AHRQ’s National Guideline Clearinghouse

GuidelineCentral The National Guideline Clearinghouse (also known as NGC and guideline.gov) website shut down after July 16, 2018. This abrupt end to a staple for healthcare professionals is due to defunding of some of AHRQ’s programs.

Online Tutorials

BMJ Best Practice Procedural Videos Watch videos on common clinical procedures. Videos include a list of equipment, complications, indications, contraindications and aftercare.
Case reports (BMJ Best Practice) Search or browse case reports on rare diseases and unusual presentation of more common diseases This is not the same as BMJ Case Reports
ClinicalKey - Overview
JBI SUMARI Tutorial: Creating a project
Overview of BMJ Best Practice and Comorbidities Manager
UpToDate Training Videos Please scroll and navigate through videos that you need for learning

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Other Resources

Advanced Paediatric Life Support algorithms
Anatomy.tv An interactive, multimedia overview of human anatomy
Clinical Medical Association (CMA) - Clinical Practice Guidelines
GRADE Working Group Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) Working Group
Kids Health WA Calculators
MedCalc 3000 Medical Reference and Decision Support Tools A wide range of medical formulae, calculators, conversion tools, clinical criteria sets & decision tree analysis tools

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