Dear Paul,
Hearty Congratulations on securing the funding to run an important course in
your hospital which will have direct impact on patient care. My
understanding is that you have been funded to run a course for health care
providers in your hospital on teaching EBM.
Here are some thoughts:
1)Conduct a quick survey to obtain the views of your target audience on EBM
and their level of knowledge and skills in practicing EBM (before they get
trained in teaching EBM)
2) Their philosophical thoughts on EBM (you may be surprised that some of
them may be against this concept (As I found here).
3) Once you know what your target audience know then you can identify the
areas that need to be incorporated in the short module on "Teaching EBM" to
suit their needs. Please see point 4.(This may involve laying more emphasis
on accessing literature or appraising literature).
4) My personal opinion is to let the participants develop their own module
for teaching EBM with guidance from facilitators whom I am sure you can find
from your region. This will give an opportunity for the participants to pick
up examples for therapy,diagnosis or prognosis relevant to their field from
the real world.
5) Last but not the least you can make extensive use of the Internet for
your course as there are wonderful sites available which could provide ample
opportunity for your prospective participants to get themselves exposed to
Teaching EBM. (For eg online EBM courses, live literature searches,
identifying CAT banks, using the CAT maker etc).
I have limited experience in using the WWW for teaching/practicing EBM here.
I hope you find at least some of the above relevant useful. Do not hesitate
to contact me if I can be any further assistance.
GOOD LUCK and please keep us posted.
Cheers,
Badri
Dr.P.Badrinath M.D.,M.Phil.,(Epid) PhD(Cantab)
Assistant Professor and Epidemiologist,
Department of Community Medicine,
UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain,
United Arab Emirates.
Tel: 00 971 3 5039 652
Fax: 00 971 3 672022.
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