Teaching
& Integrating Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
and
Technology in Teaching & Learning Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
These two sessions have been designed to be attended in sequence as one unit.
On a daily basis physicians encounter questions about the effectiveness of a preventive or therapeutic intervention, the interpretation of diagnostic tests or the prognosis of disease in one of their patients. These sessions are designed to assist practitioners in finding the best evidence and resources available to support and enhance their clinical decision-making process, and to teach that process to their students.
Participants will develop skills and learn techniques to:
construct clear clinical questions;
select
and use appropriate databases to find relevant clinical evidence;
evaluate
information for validity and usefulness;
compare
these skills with KCOM’s expected outcomes for students;
structure
opportunities for medical students to practice these competencies in your
practice setting.
Participants will complete:
pre
and post tests on knowledge of evidence-based medicine (EBM);
self-efficacy
measures over implementation and teaching of EBM;
intent-to-change
surveys which will enable KCOM faculty to follow-up with individual
participants to offer assistance.
There
are many websites dedicated to evidence-based medicine.
We encourage participants to explore these preparatory to the sessions.
The following links are some starting places for finding “evidence”
and additional EBM sources:
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
Cochrane Reviews http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/default2.htm
Journal of Family Practice POEMS
http://www.infopoems.com/index.htm
General EBM Links http://pedsccm.wustl.edu/EBJ/EB_Resources.html
General EBM Links http://www.intensivecare.com/
KCOM Link
http://www.ursa.atsu.edu/EBM/Differential/html/default.htm
KCOM Medical Information Link http://www.ursa.atsu.edu/OPTIK/
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