The third annual Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, “EBP: Fostering Quality,” will be presented July 15-17. In its third year of funding from the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) funding, the interdisciplinary conference will emphasize the cultivation of evidence-based practice (EBP) environments through organizational and individual change.
A recent nationwide call for evidence-based quality improvement has been issued by both the AHRQ and Institute of Medicine (IOM). To meet this call, institute attendees will be equipped with pragmatic, foundational and intermediate EBP skills, with specific emphasis on strategies for practice improvement, organizational change, team building and using EBP resources.
Carolyn Clancy, AHRQ director, will open the conference and will be followed by other national leaders. The closing keynote presentation will be given by Kenneth Shine, University of Texas System executive vice chancellor for health affairs and former IOM president.
Interactive presentations will include topics such as: urgency of using evidence to improve clinical care, research evidence available for national priority clinical conditions, principles and practical essentials of organizational change, outcomes measurement, infrastructure development, and impact of EBP on selected roles within the health professions. The program is planned by clinicians, educators, researchers and administrators from multiple disciplines and agencies.
Registration is open to all Health Science Center faculty at a discounted rate of $275. Faculty are urged to use this discounted rate and register by June 30. On-site registration is $525. This year’s conference will be at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, 111 Pecan St. E.
Continuing education credit in nursing and medicine is available. For more information on the conference, or to register, visit:
www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/institute/2004_brochure/index.html.
The institute is sponsored by the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE). ACE was established as a center of excellence for the School of Nursing in January 2000. It is dedicated to bridging research into practice.
