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*******APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING******** CENTRE FOR EVIDENCE-BASED CHILD HEALTH INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH, LONDON TRAINING COURSES 2000/2001 THREE-DAY SHORT COURSE 'HOW TO PRACTISE EVIDENCE-BASED CHILD HEALTH' 6-8 December 2000 20-22 June 2001 Short courses in evidence-based child health are run every 6 months at the Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health, part of a national network of centres for evidence-based practice, based at the Institute of Child Health. The course aims to help practitioners become more efficient at using the best available evidence in their clinical and policy decisions. The course consists of plenary seminars, small group problem-solving & appraisal sessions and practicals on literature searching. Key features include multi-professional groups, a high tutor-student ratio and opportunites for hands-on searching of scientific literature with tutor support. Who should come? The concepts taught apply to all areas of health care but are illustrated by clinical practice or policy relevant in child health. The course is suitable for any health practitioner, but is particularly relevant for paediatricians, GPs, health visitors, nurses, therapists, purchasers, managers and researchers from consumer groups. Previous experience in using reseach evidence to inform decisions is an advantage but not essential. Cost: £390 (December 2000)and £420 (June 2001) For further details contact: Sarah See Administrator/Information Officer Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH Tel: 020 7905 2606 Fax: 020 7813 8233 Email: [log in to unmask] Sarah See Administrator/Information Officer Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health Institute of Child Health 30 Guilford Street London WC1N 1EH Tel: 020 7905 2606 Fax: 020 7813 8233 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%