The fourth annual Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, “Infusing Quality into Practice,” will be presented July 7-9. In its fourth year of Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding, this 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 the 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.
Virginia A. Moyer, M.D., associate director for the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, will open the conference. Presentations by other national leaders will follow.
Robert Badgett, M.D., clinical associate professor of medicine at the Health Science Center, will present: “Informatics: High Speed Connection to EBP,” and Anne Leonard, research nurse in the division of neurology, will be among the speakers. Andrew Holtz, health journalist and chief of HoltzReport, and Lt. Col. Margaret Hawthorne, U.S. Army Nurse Corps Chief Evidence-Based Practice, are also among the speakers. Carolyn Clancy, M.D., director of the AHRQ, will be the closing keynote speaker. She will present “Quality, Outcomes, & Cost: The Role of Evidence in Our 21st Century Climate.”
Interactive presentations will include topics such as: health literacy, safety medication, evidence-based quality improvement, care coordination, educators as essential partners for healthcare quality, priorities in improving clinical care, and organizational culture.
Participants will learn to use evidence to improve clinical care and will learn about outcomes measurement, infrastructure development, research evidence available for national priority clinical conditions, and impact of EBP on selected roles within the health professions.
The program is planned and attended by clinicians, educators, researchers and administrators from multiple disciplines and agencies. There will also be time devoted to networking during the conference, as well as a viewing of poster presentations from all over the country.
This year features two new pre-conferences on July 6 – The Educator’s EPB Workshop and An Introduction to EBP. Also, there will be a new graduate-level post conference for advanced learning in EBP.Registration is open to Health Science Center faculty and students at a discounted rate. All are encouraged to register by June 22. This year’s conference will be at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel, 111 Pecan St. E, downtown San Antonio.
Continuing education credit is available. For more information on the conference, or to register, visit:
www.acestar.uthscsa.edu and click on “2005 Summer Institute on EBP,” or contact Abigail Sanchez: (210) 567-1480.
