Evidence-based clinical practice workshops for library staff

Last year, ALIA Health Libraries Australia called for nominations from health librarians to attend a multi-disciplinary workshop in Adelaide conducted by the Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice.

Eight successful applicants were selected including three from Western Australia: Kerry Davies (King Edward Memorial Hospital Library), Catherine Clark (UWA Medical and Dental Library) and Terena Solomons (Hollywood Private Hospital Library).

The Evidence-Based Clinical Practice (EBCP) workshop was attended by 48 clinicians from wide ranging disciplines including GPs, radiologists, physiotherapists, social workers and nurses.

Ruth Sladek, librarian from Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, SA conducted a plenary session on 'Finding the Evidence'. The visiting librarians assisted colleagues from Flinders University who conducted the hands-on session for locating the evidence.

ALIA funded us to attend the three day workshop and in return for ALIA's support we have agreed to provide resources and leadership to practicing library professionals in our locality and conduct local workshops on evidence-based clinical practice for library staff.

This workshop is designed for health library staff and will be conducted on...

Date: Thursday 4 September 2003
Time: 2:00pm to 5:00pm
Place: UWA Medical and Dental Library, Corner Hospital and Monash Avenues, Nedlands
Payment and booking: TBA

The workshop will include:

A brief introduction to evidence-based clinical practice
Framing answerable clinical questions using the PICO model
Identifying and searching sources of evidence using the 4S model
A hands-on practice session using the information you have learnt

An ALIA booking form will be available on the ALIA website soon. In the meantime, to register your interest and/or for more information about the workshop please contact:

Kerry Davies (please remove '.nospam' from address), ph 08 93401497.

Catherine Clark (please remove '.nospam' from address), ph 08 93467296.

Terena Solomons (please remove '.nospam' from address) ph 08 93466184.

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