Posted on July 15, 1998

 News Stand 4

The Medical Library Association

Centennial Distance Learning Program

Evidence-Based Health Care in Action

 

The MLA Continuing Education Committee, in celebration of MLA's Centennial, is pleased to announce a year of distance learning opportunities. Evidence-based health care was chosen as the topic for this year-long series of events. Plan on participating in as many as possible and build on your skills!

Evidence-Based Health Care in Action Teleconference

September 16, 1998, 1:00 - 2:30 EDT p.m.

Sponsored in part by Ovid Technologies, Inc.

 

The conference will provide a fundamental knowledge about the purpose, origin, and history of EBHC; demonstrate the actual practice and process of listserv. EBHC, illustrate the roles that librarians are currently undertaking in the process, and provide a starting point for discussion through the creation of an EBHC

 

 What is EBHC? -- Dr. Roseanne Leipzig and Jean Sullivant

 What is the Librarian's Role in EBHC? -- Dr. David Slawson

 Librarian as Teacher in the EBHC Process -- Gabriel Rios

 Clinical Search Filters -- Ann McKibbon

 Librarian as Participant in the EBHC Process -- Dr. Robert Mrtek and Carol Scherrer

 

Journal Clubs, October 1998-April 1999

Suggested multi-level bibliographies will be posted on MLANET during September. Clubs may be organized in person or electronically.

 

EBHC Continuing Education Courses (tentative roster) at MLA 1999, Chicago

EBM: Panning for Gold

Critically Appraising the Gold: Evaluating the Clinical Literature

EBM: A Practicum

Meta-analysis

Evidence-based Library Practice

EBHC Page on MLANET

EBHC Resources List

EBHC Listserv Information

EBHC Teleconference Information

EBHC Journal Club Information

 

Watch MLANET (http://www.mlanet.org/) for more information! Or contact Kathleen Gaydos, MLA continuing education coordinator, at: mlapd1@mlahq.org or 312/419-9094 ext.

(updated 7/6/98)

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