First year fellows in geriatric medicine, geriatric pharmacy residents, and advanced practice gerontologic nursing students will participate in a course of instruction on the practice of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). The primary text for the course will be Evidence-based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM by Straus SE, Richardson WS, Paul Glasziou, Haynes RB. Third Edition. Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh, 2005. 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 September 29th. 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: 2009	Topic and Instructor:	Reading:
Sept 29th	Introduction to EBM in Geriatrics Mitchell T. Heflin, MD	Straus. Chapter 1. Asking answerable clinical questions.
Oct 13th 8:00am-9:00am	Searching the literature Medical Center Library, room 104 Connie Schardt, MLS	Straus. Chapter 2. How to find current best evidence.
Oct 20th	Therapy Heather Whitson, MD	Straus. Chapter 5. Therapy pp. 115-137.
Oct 27th	Prognosis Heidi White, MD, MHSc	Straus. Chapter 4. Prognosis pp.101-114.
Nov 3rd	Harm Jack Twersky, MD	Straus. Chapter 6. Harm pp.177-197.
Nov 10th	Diagnosis Mitch Heflin, MD	Straus. Chapter 3. Diagnosis and screening pp. 67-91.
Nov 17th	Systematic Review Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD	Straus. Chapter 5. Reports of Systematic reviews pp. 147-153.
Nov 24th	Feedback and assignment Mitch Heflin, MD	none assigned