General Information

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Graduate Courses in EBP—Pre- and Post- Doctoral

Graduate coursework in evidence-based practice is offered in conjunction with the 2005 Summer Institute. Students convene in special sessions during and after the Institute. Course runs July 6-9 face-to-face at the Summer Institute and electronically until August 12, 2005. The course is approved for 3 academic semester credit hours through The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Attendance at the Institute is requisite and students pay course tuition. Course enrollment is limited and faculty permission for enrollment is required.

Pending funding, a limited number of scholarships may be awarded to selected students.

To find out about scholarships and to learn more about these courses, call or email Dr. Kathleen Stevens at (210) 567-1480; email at acestar@uthscsa.edu.

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Future Institutes

In response to healthcare providers’ need for greater EBP skills we have designed a long range plan for coordinated continuing education programming via annual evidence-based practice institutes. Previous participants will enjoy building EBP skills through the new content presented each year. Future Institutes are announced on the web site http://www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/.

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Lectureship For the 2005 Summer Institute

ACE Lectureship

Andrew Holtz, MPH, receives the 2005 ACE Lectureship, presenting the plenary, EBP—What Do We Tell Our Patients? What Will They Tell Us? and the concurrent session on Healthcare Consumers as Partners in EBP. Mr. Holtz is an award-winning Health Journalist and Chief of HoltzReport. His work on health policy appears in Oregon Public Broadcasting, CNN and PBS. He serves on the board and is past president of the Association of Health Care Journalists. The 2005 ACE Lectureship is awarded to Mr. Holtz in recognition of his work in patient advocacy in EBP.

VERDICT Lectureship

Catherine (Cathy) Rick, RN, CNAA, FACHE, receives the 2005 VERDICT Lectureship, presenting the plenary, Infrastructure for EBP Excellence—Finding What You Have, Building What You Need. She is Chief Officer, Office of Nursing Services, for the Department of Veterans Health Affairs, providing leadership to VA’s 55,000 nursing personnel who care for 4.1 million veterans each year. The 2005 VERDICT Lectureship is awarded to Ms. Rick in recognition of her envisioning and implementing the VA Nursing Outcomes Database (VANOD) to create an evidence-based practice culture and make a difference in the delivery of care.



Methodist Healthcare System Lectureship

Veronica F. Nieva, PhD receives the 2005 Methodist Healthcare System Lectureship, presenting the plenary, Organizational Culture: EBP Links to Quality. Dr. Nieva co-authored the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report, Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. Dr. Nieva conducted a review of literature pertaining to safety, accidents, medical error, error reporting, safety and organizational climate and culture. Her work resulted in a survey tool used to assess the safety culture of hospitals and evaluate the impact of patient safety interventions. The 2005 Methodist Healthcare System Lectureship is awarded to Dr. Nieva for this groundbreaking work.