Evidence-Based Practice: EBP Workshops

Annual workshop sponsored by Duke University Medical Center.

This EBM course is directed by Dr. Mitch Heflin, Department of Geriatrics.

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. This workshop is an intensive and interactive 4-day session designed to develop the knowledge and skills required to practice and teach evidence-based care. Sessions will feature a mix of both small and large group discussions, interactive lectures, and case-based studies. Participants will spend 36 hours in active and assigned course work. As a key workshop highlight, attendees will be assigned a dedicated small-group mentor to guide them in achieving personal goals and objectives.

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, CAN. The workshop is offered as a one-week intensive course. Participants will be learning in small groups led by clinical epidemiologists and practitioners from McMaster and other institutions. The workshop will consist of small and large group sessions, individual study time and opportunities for workshop participants to lead teaching sessions using their own ideas, materials, and reflecting their own experiences.

Distance education and MLA CE course. This online course is designed to be an introduction to the process of evidence-based practice (EBP) and to the supporting roles and opportunities for medical librarians. A prerequisite for this course is a basic understanding of search techniques for bibliographic databases such as MEDLINE. .

This online institute intends to develop librarians critical appraisal skills, including enhanced understanding of clinical research study design, biomedical statistics, and clinical reasoning to apply knowledge in teaching target populations in the health professions.

The EBM Toolkit training provides educators all the resources necessary for teaching a comprehensive EBM program. It consists of 19 didactic modules with illustrative examples, outcomes testing for determining learning, and an appendix of calculators of and tools. It demonstrates completion of ACGME core competencies, and EBM Toolkit can be used by educators as the primary tool for teaching others how to increase the quality of neurological care.