POM III: Answering Clinical Questions 1/9/2025

• Optional Assignment Help Sessions (see CANVAS for details):
  • January TBD
  • January TBD
  • January TBD
• Presentations - January 23, 2025 from 1-3 pm

Biostatistics, Epidemiology/Population Health, & Interpretation of the Medical Literature

• Study design, types and selection of studies (includes dependent/independent variables)
• Study interpretation, drawing conclusions from data
• Clinical decision making, interpretation and use of evidence-based data and recommendation

Social Sciences

• Communication and interpersonal skills, including health literacy and numeracy, cultural competence
  • information provision

AAMC Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency

• EPA 6: Provide an Oral Presentation of a Clinical Encounter
• EPA 7: Form Clinical Questions and Retrieve Evidence to Advance Patient Care
• EPA 9: Collaborate as a Member of an Interprofessional Team

POM III

January 9, 2025

• Prior to class on January 9th: watch the short online lecture in CANVAS.
• Small group membership list and each group’s clinical question can be found in CANVAS.
• Clinical question presentation assignment help session - see left column

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS:

• Clinical Question presentations are on January 23rd.
  • Clinical Questions Assignment Guide

TOPIC: 7-step Method to Answering a Clinical/Drug Information Question

FACULTY: Heather McEwen, MLIS, MS and Stefanie Lehmier, PharmD

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

AT THE END OF THE SESSION, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Discuss the clinician’s role in clinical questions & responses

• Describe the 7-step modified approach to answering clinical questions

• Practice the PP-ICO approach to create your clinical question

• Practice the PP-ICO approach to create your clinical question

• Review the clinical question assignment for this course

• Evaluate the clinical literature using PPICONS and the 7-Step Approach to answer clinical question.  

• Learn with, from, and about each other’s professions

• Develop a response to a clinical question as a member of an interprofessional team 

• Collaborate as an interprofessional team to give an oral presentation 

• Provide formative feedback to group members to enhance future performance

BRING TO CLASS: Your laptop

CLASS RESOURCES:

• Clinical Questions Assignment Guide
• Journal Club Resources: Statistics Help
• Citing Help
• Other information in CANVAS

ASSESSMENT:

• Optional clinical question group worksheet - January 18, 2024 at 11:59 pm
• Clinical question presentation - January 23rd  1 - 3 pm
  • Submission of article and slides: - January 23rd in CANVAS at 1 pm
• Peer assessment of the individual and each group member - February 1, 2024