Pre Conference: The Educators’ EBP Workshop® Teaching EBP and the Science of Teaching, co-sponsored by the National League for Nursing
In this workshop, participants will explore the basis for evidence-based practice in education and healthcare. Workshop activities will focus on explicating classroom and clinical teaching strategies that will prepare nursing workforce at the basic and advanced level for evidence-based quality improvement. As a case study, the body of education research related to web-based instruction will be explored to determine implications for instructional strategies and curriculum design. National leaders in the field will present: Harris Cooper, PhD; Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI; and Kathleen Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN.
For program details, see www.acestar.uthscsa.edu/institute/su06.html

Pre Conference: Essential Elements of EBP– an introduction for first-time attendees Presented by Affiliates of the Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice. This session is highly recommended for those new to the Summer Institute. It equips the EBP novice with basics of EBP and prepares participants for an active role on an EBP team.

This day focuses on elements of EBP and application of those elements in specific cases of evidence-based quality improvement.

On-Site Registration, Continental Breakfast

Welcome & Overview of Institute

Keynote: The Power Triad of Evidence, Quality, and Outcomes
Beth A. Collins Sharp, PhD, RN, Acting Director, Evidence-Based Practice Center Program, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Exhibits and Break

Elements of EBP— Systematic Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines as the Basis for Improvement
Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN,
Professor & Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice, UTHSCSA

Transparent Healthcare: National Movement Toward Quality Indicators
Denise Remus, RN, PhD, VP, Clinical Informatics, Premier, Inc.

12:00-12:15

Questions and Discussion with Morning Speakers

Lunch, Networking, Poster Viewing, Exhibits

Concurrent Sessions: Elements of EBP—Applied

These workshops develop the “who-what-whyhow” about forms of knowledge essential in EBP: Systematic Reviews, practice guidelines, and quality indicators. Emphasis will be placed on the QI process. Discussions will focus on the form of evidence, where to locate it, how it is produced, interpreting and critically appraising it, and development of participants’ Action Plans.

1. Preventing Falls
   Patricia O'Connor, RN, MSc, Associate Director of Nursing - Neuroscience, McGill University Health Centre; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University
2. Moving to Evidence in Acute Care
   Thomas S. Ahrens, DNS, RN, CS, FAAN, Research Scientist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, ST. Louis, MO
3. Supportive and Palliative Care in Pediatrics
   Pam Hinds, RN, PhD, Director, Nursing Research, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee
4. Diabetes—Chronic Care Challenges
   Michael Parchman, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Break

Teaching Clinicians to Fish: Library Skills for EBP
Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP, Library Consultant, CINAHL Information Systems and Hmong Health Education Network

Reception - EBP Across the Nation:
Attended Poster Presentations, Exhibits

Continental Breakfast, Poster Viewing, and Exhibits

Great Adventures in Improving Care: From Science to Systems
Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

Summer Institute Awards for Posters

Poster Viewing, Exhibits, & Break

Great Adventures of the Inquisitive Clinician
Thomas S. Ahrens, DNS, RN, CS, FAAN,
Research Scientist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Questions and Discussion with Speakers

Lunch, Networking, Poster Viewing, Exhibits

Great Adventures in Improving Care: The RNAO Experience in Implementing Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Patricia O'Connor, RN, MSc(A), Associate Director of Nursing - Neuroscience, McGill University Health Centre; Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, McGill University, Canada

2:00-3:00

Concurrent Sessions: Points of Action and Lessons Learned from Great Adventures

1. Libraries—Cochrane and Beyond
   Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP, Library Consultant, CINAHL Information Systems and Hmong Health Education Network
2. Evidence and Quality: Creating Magnetic Work Environments
   Mickey L. Parsons, PhD, MHA, RN, Associate Professor and Coordinator, Graduate Administration Program, School of Nursing, UTHSCSA
3. The Magic of Quality Indicators in Improving Care
   Denise Remus, RN, PhD, Vice President, Clinical Informatics, Premier, Inc.
4. Users Guide to Systematic Reviews
   Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA

3:00-3:30

Attended Poster Session: Poster Viewing, Exhibits, & Break

3:30-4:30

Concurrent Sessions Repeated:
Points of Action and Lessons Learned from Great Adventures

EVENING

Networking Groups — Self-directed

7:15-8:15

8:15-9:15

Concurrent Sessions: Roles in EBP.
Explore the implications of evidence-based quality improvement in selected roles and continue development of Action Plans.

1. Clinician’s Circle: Bundling CPGs for Efficiency
   Marthe J. Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, South Texas Veterans Health Care System/Audie L. Murphy Division
2. Manager’s Circle: Practical Applications of AHRQ’s Quality Indicators
   Nicole Johnson, RN, MBA, Clinical Research Analyst, DFW Hospital Council Data Initiative
3. Educator’s Circle: Tips for Teaching EBP
   Robin Dennison, RN, DNP, CCNS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati
4. Researcher’s Circle: Growing Our Knowledge Base about Employing EBP: Health Services Research Approaches
   Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD, PhD, FAAFP, Co-Director, Center for Research in Family Medicine and Primary Care, Professor and Chair, Department of Family & Community Medicine, UTHSCSA; Member of the AHRQ National Advisory Council

9:15-9:30

9:30-10:30

If It’s Evidence-Based, Can I Still Be Sued?— Legal Aspects of EBP
Laurie A. Weiss, JD, MBA, BSE, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Medical Malpractice & Health Care

10:30-11:30

Closing Keynote: The Force for Patient Safety— Healthcare Leaders
James B. Conway, MS, Senior Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Senior Consultant, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Board Chair, Health Care Dimensions Hospice

11:30-12:00

Summary and Evaluation
Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN