First year fellows in geriatric medicine and geriatric pharmacy residents will participate in a course of instruction on the practice of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). The primary text for the course will be The Users’ Guide to the Medical Literature, 2nd edition as available online at JAMAevidence.com. The course will combine the use of existing online didactic materials and in-person class sessions.

Faculty Coordinator: Dr. Mitch Heflin.

The introductory course will be divided into 9 weekly sessions on Tuesdays from 8:00am to 9:30am beginning on October 18th. Class location is the GRECC Conference Room (C3012) at the VA.
(EXCEPTION: Searching class will be held in the Duke Medical Center Library room 104 from 8:00am to 9:00am.

In preparation for each session, learners will access the class website, EBM in Geriatrics, from the Duke Medical Center Library’s website and use learning aids available there. Participants will be asked to read the corresponding chapter from the Straus text. This should take no more that 1 hour.

Date: 2011	Topic, case and article:	Reading: online at JAMAevidence. (The Users’ Guide to the Medical Literature, 2nd ed.)
Oct 18th	Introduction to EBM in Geriatrics Mitchell T. Heflin, MD	A.The Philosophy of Evidence-Based Medicine; What Is the Question?
Oct 25th 8:00am-9:00am	Searching the literature Medical Center Library, room 104 Connie Schardt, MLS	A. Finding the Evidence
Nov 1st	Bias, error and study types Mitch Heflin, MD and Liza Genao, MD	A-5. Why Study Results Mislead: Bias and Random Error
Nov 8th	Diagnosis Mitch Heflin, MD	D. Diagnosis
Nov 15th	Therapy Ken Schmader, MD	B. Therapy
Nov 22nd	Systematic Review Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD	F. Summarizing the Evidence
Nov 29th	Prognosis Dr Mamata Yanamadala, MD, MHSc	E. Prognosis
Dec 6th	Harm Jack Twersky, MD	C. Harm
Dec 13th	Feedback and assignment Mitch Heflin, MD	none assigned