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EBP Workshops & Seminars
Index of EBP Workshops & Seminars
1. Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice (EBNP) online workshop
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2. Duke Teaching and Leading EBP workshop (Click here)
Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice (EBNP) online workshop
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Why should you attend this workshop?
What to expect at this workshop?
Led by renowned educators and experts in evidence-based practice from Texas A&M, McMaster, Duke and Oxford University, as well as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, this online workshop will prioritize didactic lectures for foundational content followed by self-directed, interactive teaching designed to deepen trainees' comprehension of fundamental concepts in epidemiology, biostatistics and decision-making sensitive to patient/client or societal values and preferences, particularly in the context of clinical nutrition practice or policy.
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While applicable to healthcare professionals across diverse disciplines, it's important to note that the examples and activities will predominantly focus on nutrition, lifestyle and health behavior literature.
General learning objectives
The overarching objective of the workshop is to renew and enhance participants’ enthusiasm about learning and applying EBP knowledge, skills and attitudes and to kindle their imagination about ways to improve their learning and incorporation of the concepts into clinical or public health practice. After participation in the EBNP workshop, the learner will:
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Advance their evidence-based practice skills
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Understand and describe the process of incorporating evidence-based practice into clinical, health service and/or public health practice
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Apply evidence-based practice skills to real-world problems
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Identify high quality evidence-based resources for the purpose of patient care and continuing education through independent learning
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Example content/EBP concepts that may be covered in workshops:
1. Systematic error vs random error
2. Study designs (experimental versus observational)
Therapy or prevention
1. Evaluating risk of bias
a. Sampling and selection bias
b. Randomization
c. Allocation concealment
d. Prognostic balance
e. Blinding
f. Completeness of follow-up and missing outcome data
g. Intention-to-treat analysis
h. Per-protocol analysis
i. Complete case analysis
j. As treated analysis
k. Stopping trials early
2. Interpreting study results
i. Measures of effect
a. 2x2 tables
b. Relative Risk
c. Relative Risk Reduction
d. Absolute Risk Reduction
e. Number Needed to Treat (benefit and harm)
f. Odds Ratios
g. Mean Difference
ii. Statistical significance
iii. Precision of estimate of treatment effect
a. Confidence intervals
b. Number of events or observations
iii. Magnitude of treatment effect
a. Minimal Important Difference (MID)
b. Decision thresholds
3. Applying the results to patient care or policy
a. Study patients’/environment vs. clinical patient/environment
b. Balance of all important outcomes addressed (e.g., patient-reported outcomes)
c. Trading off desirable vs. undesirable health outcomes
d. Sufficient duration of follow-up
e. Interventional harms and costs
f. Values, preferences, beliefs and attitudes in decision-making
Summarizing the evidence
a. Review types
i. Narrative review
ii. Systematic review
iii. Systematic review and meta-analysis
iv. Systematic review and network meta-analysis
v. Systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
b. Summary estimate or pooled estimate of effect
i. Relative Risk
ii. Odds Ratios
iii. Hazard Ratios
iv. Absolute Difference
v. Mean Difference
vi. Standardized Mean Difference units
vii. Ratio of Means
viii. Minimal Important Difference (MID) units
c. Forest Plots
i. weighting
ii. fixed and random effect models including DerSimonian-Laird, Peto, Hartung-Knapp models; frequentist vs Bayesian
d. Heterogeneity (visual inspection, statistical inspection including I2 and p-value and determining credibility of observed subgroup effects)
e. Reporting bias (e.g., outcome reporting and publication bias, funnel plots)
f. Moving from evidence to recommendations
i. Certainty of evidence (e.g., Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)
ii. Evidence to decision frameworks (e.g., magnitude of effect, certainty of evidence and values and preferences, as well as cost considerations, equity, acceptability, and feasibility)
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Schedule and poster of the workshop
Schedule of EBNP online workshop 2024, please click the PDF link.
Poster of EBNP online workshop 2024, please click the PDF link.
Registered Dietitians who have attended the online EBNP workshop have said the following:
Speaker was very good in using cases to explain what could have been a very complicated topic
Very helpful - fast but jammed pack with clear explanations and explanations...thank you!
The speaker was excellent and showed an organized process
Dr. McCoy was engaging, energetic and did a great job of explaining a difficult/dry subject
Details
Tuition
To be decided
Location
Live, online-based
Dates
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Registration
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Duke Teaching and Leading EBP Workshop
For those inspired and interested in more, we’d highly recommend the 4-day (in person) Duke Teaching and Leading EBP workshop in April of each year.
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Please visit this site for details.
Texas A&M faculty who have attended The Duke Workshop have said
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Other offerings: For clinicians, influencers or faculty in nutrition, we are happy to consider offering a seminar or workshop online, or at your organization, on EBP relevant to teaching, clinical practice or policy-making.
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Questions or problems? Please contact Bradley Johnston (Texas A&M University)
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Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges
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