Evidence Based Medicine Thread in the College of Medicine Legacy Curriculum: HSC II 1/28/20

HSC II

January 28, 2020

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS:

TOPIC 1: Information Mastery / EBM Resources

FACULTY: Heather McEwen, MLIS, MS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

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

• Use information mastery resources to help evaluate the literature and answer clinical questions
• Describe and use resources designed to help clinicians search for medical evidence and evaluate evidence
• Discuss how FRISBEE can be used to determine the validity of a research article
• Describe the barriers of evidence based medicine
• Describe the +AllTrials movement and its importance to clinicians and patients
• Explain how the COMPARE Project and OpenTrials could impact patient care.

Assessment:

Quiz: One question on quiz 1

Passport: Choose a foraging resource that would help healthcare clinicians at your PACE site. Choose one of the following resources or select your own resource (check with Professor McEwen if selecting your own resource). Provide 1-3 sentences about why this resource would be relevant to healthcare providers at your PACE site.

• My NCBI
• InfoPOEMS (Essential Evidence Plus)
• EvidenceAlerts
• KT+
• NEJM Journal Watch
• MDLinx
• Physician's First Watch
• MedPage Today

Supplemental EBM Resources:

TOPIC 2: Patient Education Resources

FACULTY: Heather McEwen, MLIS, MS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

AT THE END OF THE LECTURE VIDEO, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• List examples of patient education resources.
• List patient resources available via the MedlinePlus website.
• Name two websites that house patient education information in multiple languages.
• Describe library resources that include patient education resources.

Class Resources:

MedlinePlus Choosing Effective Patient Education Materials

NBC News: Social Media Hosted a Lot of Fake Health News This Year. Here's What Went Most Viral

Waszak PM, Kasprzycka-Waszak W, Kubanek A. The spread of medical fake news in social media – the pilot quantitative study. Health Policy Technol. 2018 Jun;7(2):115-118.

Author links open overlay paneWaszAssessment:

Quiz: One question on quiz 1

Passport:  These are possible resources to use for your Passport assignment. You must go beyond the overall resource. For example, you must provide a resource within MedlinePlus. You may choose to use a resource not in the following list. Check with Professor McEwen if you are choosing another resource. Provide 1-3 sentences about why this resource would be relevant to patients at your PACE site.