Evidence-based Medicine: KCOM Millennial Founder's Day

Evidence-based Medicine
KCOM Continuing Medical Education Program

Founder's Day, September 21, 2000

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Faculty Development Session: Teaching and integrating evidence-based medicine Robert W. Baer, Ph.D., Julie Lochbaum, Ph.D., Linda Heun, Ph.D.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Faculty Development Session: Technology in teaching and learning evidence-based medicine Robert W. Baer, Ph.D., Julie Lochbaum, Ph.D., Linda Heun, Ph.D.

(Please note that all times are approximate as the sessions will be conducted informally)

Materials for the sessions:

Abstract for the sessions
Teaching & Integrating Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) (1:00 - 3:00 PM)
- 1:00 PM Introduction & Pre-Assessment
- 1:30 PM Formulating good clinical questions
  - Slides (Netscape)
  - Clinical scenarios
  - Formulate question based upon a patient from your own practice
- 2:00 PM Critical appraisal of the literature
  - Slides (Netscape)
  - Worksheets
- 3:00 PM Integrating EBM into Teaching
  - EBM Teaching Objectives (slides) (Netscape)
  - Teaching Scenarios
- 3:20 PM Post-assessment

Technology in Teaching & Learning Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) (3:30 - 5:00 PM)
- 3:30 PM Pre-assessment: Sources of Evidence
- 3:40 PM Finding evidence: hands-on, computer-based workshop
  - Meta-analysis and CATs (Slides) (Netscape)
  - Workshop Exercises
  - Quick Tips for electronic searches
- 4:45 PM Post Assessment: Sources of Evidence
- 4:55 PM Intent to Implement Survey and Closing Remarks

Additional Evidence-based Medicine Resources
- User's Guide, Centres for Health Evidence
- Principles, Centres for Health Evidence
- Evidence-Based Toolkit, University of Alberta
- CEBM, Center for Evidence-based Medicine, Oxford University
- Bandolier, An on-line evidence-based journal
- TRIP Database^©, A Meta-search engine of on-line evidence sources
- Controlled Trials in History, principles of good evidence in historical context

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