Health care providers and educators are invited to attend the 2007 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) July 12-14 at the Crowne Plaza Riverwalk Hotel and Conference Center, 111 Pecan Street East, in San Antonio. The theme of the conference is “Quality and Safety.”
Sponsored by the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice (ACE), the institute will be of particular interest to clinicians, researchers, educators and administrators. The conference will help prepare health care providers from multiple disciplines for an increasing role in evidence-based practice in order to improve health care.
Evidence-based practiceThe School of Nursing established the ACE in 2000 as the first nursing center in the nation dedicated to promoting and encouraging EBP. EBP is a process in which practitioners use the successful outcomes from clinical trials in combination with their expertise and a patient’s preferences to provide the best possible health care. Health care providers are encouraged to become involved in conducting clinical trials to contribute to the body of knowledge used to improve health care practices.
“Given the Health Science Center’s heightened interest in translational research, we are fortunate to have this excellent group of speakers here in San Antonio,” explained Kathleen R. Stevens, R.N., Ed.D., F.A.A.N., professor and director of the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice. “We expect to draw nearly 400 participants from as far away as Australia.”
Conference highlightsTopics from this year’s conference include:
• “TeamSTEPPS Team Building for Quality and Safety,” a workshop by Heidi King, M.S., C.H.E., deputy director at the Department of Defense.
• “Employing Evidence-Based Practice for Magnet Recognition of Excellence.”
• “U.S. Cochrane Collaboration in Quality and Safety,” a presentation by Kay Dickersin, M.A., Ph.D., director of the U.S. Cochrane Center.
• “The Institute of Medicine Report: Preventing Medication Errors,” presented by Kevin B. Johnson, M.D., of Vanderbilt University.
• “Mandate for Quality and Safety,” presented by Dennis S. O’Leary, M.D., president of The Joint Commission, formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
• “End of Life: What Evidence Guides Us to Do,” a presentation by Karin Kirchhoff, R.N., Ph.D., F.A.A.N., professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• “Changing Organizations and Provider Behavior,” presented by Jeremy Grimshaw, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.G.P., professor and director of the Canadian Cochrane Center at the University of Ottawa.
Breakout sessionsInteractive breakout sessions will provide opportunities for participants to integrate EBP into specific roles in practice, research, education or health care quality improvement areas.
Pre-conference workshops The institute also will offer three pre-conference workshops on July 11:
• 8 a.m.-3 p.m. — The Educator’s Evidence-Based Practice Workshop®
• 1-4 p.m. — Library Skills Workshop: Locating Clinically Useful Evidence, Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice Elements
• 3-6 p.m. — Essential Elements of Evidence-Based Practice Workshop
Registration for the institute is open to Health Science Center faculty and students at a discounted rate of $325. Continuing education credit is available.
To registerFor more information about the conference or to register, view the online brochure or call 210-567-1480.
