Evidence-Based Practice: EBP Workshops

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 workshop is intended for health sciences librarians who want to learn evidence-based practice concepts in order to comfortably teach and support EBP at their institutions. It includes both asynchronous pre-work as well as an in-person component.

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.