Information Mastery Practicum

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Information Mastery Practicum

• A New Direction in EBM Curriculum

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Who?
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What?

• Continuing the article appraisal, adding a LOE at
  each article
• Learning about different EBM tools
• Developing questions to answer using EBM to help
  with its utilization
• Ultimately, the daily application of EBM

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Information Mastery Is Like a Second Language.
If You Dont Practice It Routinely, You Will
Lose It.
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Why?

• Critical appraisal of articles is just one part
  of Information Mastery (IM)
• Enhance the skills to practice IM where it
  matters for the patient

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When?

• Daily questions generated in clinical care
• Wednesday AM Conferences
• These sessions will no longer be devoted solely
  to articles

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Where?

• UVA of course!

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How?

• Weve already got some ideas. Wed like more.
• What do you think about this?
• What would you like to add/ subtract?

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How?

• Discussion/demonstration of quality of foraging
  tools (tools looking for new, important
  information)
• PCC updates, Journalwatch, Tips from other
  Journals, etc.

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How?

• Discussion/demonstration of hunting tools
  (looking for an answer to a particular question)
• Resources through UVa Health System Library
  (Stat-Ref, Micromedex, MDConsult)
• InfoRetriever (Handheld/Web/Desktop)
• 5MCC
• Clinical Decision Rules/ Calculators/ HP exam/
  Diagnostic test linking these together
• Sanfords guide, Tarascons
• Clinical Evidence
• Consulting Physicians

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How?

• Consulting Physicians (to use them to educate
  yourself/others)

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How?

• Comparison sessions of different tools
• Capturing the hunt
• What clinical questions come up and how can we
  answer them?
• Can we use these questions to focus our Wednesday
  Sessions?

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How to Utilize these Skills

• How can we use EBM in our daily clinical
  interactions?
• Case applications

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Just Think

• Dont have to always search for a paper!
• Goal is to be more practical relevant