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 October 7th. Class location is the GRECC Conference Room (C3012) at the VA.

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: 2008	Topic and Instructor:	Reading:
Oct 7	Introduction to EBM in Geriatrics Mitchell T. Heflin, MD	Straus. Chapter 1. Asking answerable clinical questions.
Oct 14	Therapy Heather Whitson, MD	Straus. Chapter 5. Therapy pp. 115-137.
Oct 21 8:00am-9:00am	Searching the literature Medical Center Library, 104 Megan von Isenburg, MLS	Straus. Chapter 2. How to find current best evidence.
Oct 28	Harm Jack Twersky, MD	Straus. Chapter 6. Harm pp.177-197.
Nov 4	Prognosis Heidi White, MD, MHSc	Straus. Chapter 4. Prognosis pp.101-114.
Nov 11	Holiday
Nov 18	Diagnosis Mitch Heflin, MD	Straus. Chapter 3. Diagnosis and screening pp. 67-91.
Nov 25	Systematic Review Cathleen Colon-Emeric, MD	Straus. Chapter 5. Reports of Systematic reviews pp. 147-153.
Dec 2	Feedback and assignment Mitch Heflin, MD	none assigned