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Trip Database: Resource information

Trip is a clinical search engine designed to allow users to quickly and easily find and use high-quality research evidence to support their practice and/or care.

As well as research evidence (trials, systematic reviews, clinical guidelines including ANZCA Professional Documents, etc), Trip also allow clinicians to search across other content types including images, videos, patient information leaflets, educational courses and news.

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On this page

  • Overview of the database
  • Create a personal account in Trip
  • How to search Trip
  • Support and training resources
  • Saved searches & alerts

Create a user account in Trip

User accounts can be used to view your search history and view your marked/starred items.

Benefits of registering

  1. Log into Trip Pro using the proxied ANZCA link (users will be required to authenticate using their ANZCA ID and password)
  2. Select the Sign Up link from the top-right of  screen
  3. Complete the registration form:
    • Email Address
    • Password (and confirm it)
    • Accept the Terms of use
  4. Click Next button and enter your profile details:
    • First name
    • Surname
    • Country (for example: Australia)
    • Clinical areas (for example: Anesthesiology)
    • Profession (for example: Doctor/physician - primary care/family practice)
    • Institutions (select up to 3 including ANZCA)
    • Automated search terms (enter search terms of interest and Trip will send you new content, based on these terms, every month. An easy way to keep up to date with new evidence in your area)
  5. Click Save changes when complete

For more videos like this, visit the Trip Database channel on YouTube

Click here to log into Trip​Access Trip (Pro)
(users will be required to authenticate using their ANZCA ID and password

Features: 

  • The Internet's largest collection of clinical guidelines (including ANZCA Professional Documents) from all over the globe categorised by geography (50,000+)
  • Regulatory guidance, including FDA, Euro Med Agency, NICE, IQWIG, Scot Med Cons, AWSMG and MHRA (5000+) 
  • Systematic reviews including Cochrane, NICE, AHRQ, DARE, HTA, NHS EED and special filter to identify sytem reviews in PubMed (250,000+ inc 100,000 exclusive to Trip Pro)
  • Evidence-based synopses including Bandolier, EBN, EBM, EBMH, BestBETs, PedsCCM and lots of CATS (25,000+)
  • (NEW) Access to DynaMed Plus - resources in evidence medicine for healthcare professionals at the point-of-care

How to search Trip

Narrow your results with Trip's unique search refinements and filter options.

Advanced Search Techniques

If you want to get more results, and more control over your search criteria, Advanced Search on Trip is for you. Learn how easy to use - and powerful - this Trip Pro feature is

It is also possible to save results and or view your search history.

To take advantage of these functions, you must first log into Tri and then sign into your user account:

  1. Log into Trip Pro using the proxied ANZCA link (users will be required to authenticate using their ANZCA ID and password)
  2. Select the Log In link from the top-right of  screen
  3. Enter the following
    • Email address
    • Password
  4. Click Login button

Support and training resources

How to Use Trip

The How to use Trip page has a selection of video tutorials, including:

  • 6 Questions with Jon Brassey, Founder of the Trip Database
  • PICO Search

Trip Information

The Trip About page outlines various information, including:

  • Content selection
  • Filtering in Trip
  • Benefits of Trip
  • Trip and reference management software
  • And much more

Saved searches & alerts

It is possible to save automated search terms in Trip Pro which forms the basis of a monthly update email.

Please Note: These features require that the user have a user account in Trip Pro [see separate instructions].

  1. Log into Trip Pro using the proxied ANZCA link (users will be required to authenticate using their ANZCA ID and password)
  2. Select the Log In link from the top-right of  screen
  3. Enter the following
    • Email address
    • Password
  4. Click Login button
  5. Then select your profile name link in the top-right corner of the screen - this should take you to your Your profile page
  6. Enter/update the following details:
    • First name
    • Surname
    • Country (for example: Australia)
    • Clinical areas (for example: Anesthesiology)
    • Profession (for example: Doctor/physician - primary care/family practice)
    • Institutions (select up to 3 including ANZCA)
    • Automated search terms (enter search terms of interest and Trip will send you new content, based on these terms, every month. An easy way to keep up to date with new evidence in your area)
  7. Click Save changes when complete

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We rely on your feedback to further develop and support user access to the ANZCA Library. Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as to make recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback.

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