Institute Overview
Monday, July 28 - Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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This is an intensive, introductory, 2.5 day course designed for medical librarians by medical librarians. Through large group interactive lectures, small group discussion, and hands-on, case-based learning, you'll acquire skills needed to support and teach evidence-based clinical practice (EBCP).
Audience
Medical librarians who want to learn evidence-based medicine concepts in order to comfortably support and teach EBCP at their institutions. Attendance will be limited to 24 participants to maximize individual learning.
Participant Expectations
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Learning Objectives
After completing this Institute, students will be able to:
- Identify and explain the concept, issues and process of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (EBCP).
- Create a well-built, answerable clinical question based on a particular patient problem.
- Use the question to find the best evidence in the literature about the diagnosis and treatment of disorders.
- Identify and explain the criteria for judging the validity of randomized controlled trails (RCTs), systematic reviews, practice guidelines, and diagnostic studies.
- Identify roles that librarians can undertake in providing EBCP training and support to health care professionals.
CE Credit
18 MLA CE credits.