PPC V Small Group PBLI Presentations 2/TBD/2026

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

• Study design, types and selection of studies (includes dependent/independent variables)
  • Various study designs
  • Obtaining and describing samples, matching, inclusion/exclusion criteria, selecting appropriate controls for studies, lack of controls, concealed allocation, randomization, stratification
  •  Methods to handle noncompliance
    • loss to follow-up; intention-to-treat analysis
• Measures of association
  • Other measures of association
    • number needed to treat/harm
• Study interpretation, drawing conclusions from data
  • Internal vs external validity
    • generalizability (external validity); efficacy vs effectiveness
  • Statistical vs clinical significance; clinical and surrogate outcome/end point
• Clinical decision making, interpretation and use of evidence-based data and recommendations

Social Sciences

• Communication and interpersonal skills, including health literacy and numeracy, cultural competence
  • Patient interviewing, consultation, and interactions with the family (patient- centered communication skills)
    • making decisions (eg, eliciting patient's perspectives)
    • enabling patient behaviors (eg, education and counseling)

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

PPC V

2/TBD/2026

TOPIC: Small Group PBLI Presentations 

FACULTY: Heather McEwen, MLIS, MS, Dr. Kris Baughman, and small group faculty

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

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

• Use PPICO to create a clinical question about their patient from the HxPx session. 
• Perform an effective literature search to find a research article/clinical guideline that is relevant to their patient's care
• Evaluate a research article/clinical guideline for it's research design, methods, statistical results, and conclusions.
• Evaluate a research article/clinical guideline for it's relevance, validity, and level of evidence
• Calculate the NNT or discuss why it is not appropriate to calculate it.
• Discuss whether the article/guideline has outcomes/endpoints that are POEMs (clinical outcomes), DOEs (surrogate outcomes), or both.
• Apply a research article/clinical guideline to patient care and communicate your answer to the clinical question to a colleague/clinical faculty member
• Apply a research article/clinical guideline to your patient's care and discuss how you counsel your patient.
• Practice giving an oral presentation with professional looking slides
• Demonstrate teamwork and professionalism when completing this assignment

Your patient will be a standardized patient that you will see in the Wasson Center. Your fellow small group members have all seen the same patient. Your group will use PPICO to create a clinical question about the patient. The question can be about the patient's immediate concern or a long-term medical issue. You will work as a team to divide up the presentation parts as you like, but everyone must participate in the oral presentation.

Turn in your slides and article/guideline via the CANVAS assignment tool by February TBD at 11:55 pm.. Your group will present to your small group leader via Zoom on February TBD, 2026 at 8-10 am. Turn in your slides by February TBD at 11:55 pm. 

There will be a peer evaluation as part of the assignment. You will evaluate your fellow small group members.