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MULT500-0707: Clinical Applications of Evidence-Based Medicine
Instructors:
Richard Evans, Ph.D
Wanda Gordon-Evans, DVM, DACVS
DATES:
July 3 - August 7, 2007
Interactive sessions: Tuesday evenings: July 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31; 9:30 - 11:30 pm ET (USA)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The goal of this course is to provide participants with the tools to use evidence-based medicine as part of professional practice. Unlike our human medical counterparts, the veterinary profession does not have large volumes of summarized research to support many therapies, prognoses, etiologies, and diagnoses. This means that the burden is on veterinary practitioners to treat patients based on their practice experience combined with an understanding of available evidence from research. However, not all research has the same weight. This course will describe how to glean and evaluate information from research manuscripts.
The course will have five two-hour sections corresponding to each week of the five-week course. The course should be a lively discussion in the framework of real examples.
Course Outline:
Week 1 (7/3):
The first section will be an introduction to the concepts, and a brief history of evidence-based medicine. The idea is to put EBM in the perspective of veterinary medicine and lay the groundwork for the subsequent sections. We will discuss levels of evidence, study design, steps to practicing EBM, and EBM for therapy, diagnosis, prognosis and etiology.
Week 2 (7/10):
Observational studies, especially retrospective studies, play a large role in providing evidence for therapeutic efficacy in veterinary medicine. In the second week we will discuss the pros and cons of observational studies and apply those ideas to the paper by Conzemius et al. "Effect of surgical technique on limb function after surgery for rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament in dogs" (J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Jan 15;226(2):232-6). That paper will be assigned as reading after the first section.
Week 3 (7/17):
Randomized controlled trials are generally considered to have a high level of evidence, above that of observational studies. In the third week we'll discuss the pros and cons of randomized controlled trials and discuss the paper by Romans et al. "Effect of postoperative analgesic protocol on limb function following onychectomy in cats" (J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Jul 1; 227(1):89-93).
Week 4 (7/24):
In the fourth week we'll put together the information we have learned in the previous weeks and have a discussion of formal approaches to ranking studies by their evidentiary value. We will formally score several papers, including the aforementioned papers.
Week 5 (7/31):
The fifth week will review the previous sections and also cover concepts behind combining different studies i.e. a meta-analysis or systematic review. We will read Aragon CL, Budsberg SC "Applications of evidence-based medicine: cranial cruciate ligament injury repair in the dog" (Vet Surg. 2005 Mar-Apr;34(2):93-8) and Aragon CL, Hofmeister EH, Budsberg SC, "Systematic review of clinical trials of treatments for osteoarthritis in dogs" (J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2007 Feb 15;230(4):514-21).
Copies or .pdfs of the required articles used in this course will be provided.
MESSAGE BOARD DISCUSSIONS:
Discussions will begin on the start date of the course and will continue for 7 days following the last real time session.
CE HOURS: 10
TUITION:
Member/$175, Non-Member/$266 by June 19, 2007;
Member/$194, Non-Member/$296 after June 19, 2007
Required Textbook: None
Recommended Textbooks:
Handbook of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine - Cockcroft, Holmes; Blackwell Publishing Limited - 2003
Available in the VIN bookstore: https://store.vin.com/custom/edit.asp?p=82373
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How to Read a Paper: The Basics of Evidence-Based Medicine, 3rd edition - Greenhalgh, Blackwell Publishing Professional - 2006
May be available from online retailers.
Evidence-Based Medicine, How to Practice and Teach EBM, 3rd edition - Straus, Richardson, Glasziou, Haynes; Elsevier Health - 2005
Available in the VIN bookstore: https://store.vin.com/custom/edit.asp?p=82216
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Debbie Friedler
Coordinator
Continual Education Division
Veterinary Information Network
CEonVIN@vin.com
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