Second Annual
2003 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice 
Best Practice: Improving Quality

General Information

Graduate Courses in EBP Pre- and Post-Masters and Pre- and Post-Doctoral Courses in EBP

Formal graduate coursework in evidence-based practice is offered in conjunction with the 2003 EBP Summer Institute. Coursework is provided through the School of Nursing of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Two courses are offered sequentially: one in July and the second in Fall, 2003, totaling 6 semester credit hours. For the first course, attendance at the Institute is requisite and students pay course tuition. Course enrollment is limited and instructor permission for enrollment is required.

FIRST COURSE: July 2003: NURE. 5315-10

  • Applications of Research in Nursing: Best Practice–Improving Quality NOTE: Coursework is adjunct to Summer Institute (San Antonio); attendance at the Institute is required.Prerequisite: Graduate standing at UTHSCSA or admission as special student; instructor permission

SECOND COURSE: Fall 2003: NURE 5315-11.

  • Applications of Research in Nursing: A Study of Evidence-Based Practice (Distance)
    Prerequisites: NURE 5315-10, and instructor permission

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

To find out about fellowships and to learn more about these courses, email or call Dr. Kathleen Stevens at (210) 567-3135; email at stevensk@uthscsa.edu.

Future Institutes

In response to healthcare providers’ need for greater EBP skills, we have designed a five-year plan for coordinated continuing education programming via annual evidence-based practice institutes. Our Summer Institute dates for 2004, and 2005 will be announced on the web site [http://www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/].