Courses
Training in EBM
Amidst the ever increasing volume of publications, how do you identify what is relevant?
Evidencias has already contributed to the formation of over three thousand professionals combining theoretical and practical aspects from real world data in EBM training.
Reaching more than 20 yearly editions all over Brazil, the courses are ministered by a team of experts in EBM, achieving immediate results and an increase in awareness on the topics by the audience.
Training sessions are tailored to the different segments of clients. Basic and advanced level courses are available, the latter in four modules that can be done separately.
The introductory course brings the fundaments of EBM and it is ideal to those wanting to become more familiarized with scientific methodology, critical evaluation of studies and database search.
The advanced course is focused on EBM techniques integrating scientific evidences and professional expertise to solve individual clinical cases.
Basic Course
Basic Course: Introduction in Evidence-Based Medicine
It is an introductory course about the principals of EBM. Ideal for professionals keen to become familiar with methodology, practice and critics related to the evidence analysis.
Target group: It is aimed at physicians, medical students; healthcare companies’ staff and medical specialty societies with academic, economic or scientific interests.
Length: 8 hours
Subjects:
• What is Evidence-Based Medicine?
• Main types of clinical studies
• Search in electronic databases
• Critical evaluation of the literature
• Practical activities
• Systematic review of the literature
• Clinical practice guidelines
• Best sources of evidence-based information
• Strategies for efficient professional improvement in Medicine
Advanced course
Advanced course in Evidence-Based Medicine
It is a complete course for professionals keen to use the techniques of EBM based on the integration of scientific evidences with the clinical experience and the individual evaluation of the patient. At the end of the course the student must be able to:
- Recognize the Evidence-Based Medicine as a viable, useful and effective way to improve the medical practice, based on results of high level research.
- Elaborate specific questions liable to be answered by scientific ways for the several clinical situations.
- Carry out an efficient search on electronic databases for medical manuscripts on diagnose, treatment, prognosis and etiology.
- Understand the organization and functionality of electronic databases.
- Evaluate critically the medical manuscripts of diagnose, treatment, prognosis and etiology.
- Evaluate critically the clinical practice guidelines.
- Recognize the importance of the systematic reviews for the medical knowledge.
- Perceive and apply the sources of information with the best evidences.
- Translate knowledge about EBM into day to day professional practice.
- Recognize the limitations of the evidences in the clinical routine.
The classes are divided into 4 parts, with computers being used just in the first part:
Module I – Scientific bases and database search
Length: 8 hours
Subjects:
• Concepts about EBM
• Main types of clinical studies
• Elaboration of a clinical question – basis for the search in the literature
• Available electronic databases
• Search in the electronic databases
Module II – Critical evaluation of the literature
Length: 8 hours
Subjects:
• Critical evaluation of articles about risk and etiology
• Critical evaluation of articles about diagnosis
• Critical evaluation of articles about screening
• Critical evaluation of articles about treatment
• Critical evaluation of articles about prognosis
Module III – Integrative studies
Length: 8 hours
Subjects:
• Systematic review of the literature
• Meta-analysis’ graphics
• Systematic Reviews: methodology
• Synthesizing evidences
• Importance of Economics in Healthcare
• Types of pharmacoeconomic studies:
- Cost-effectiveness
- Cost-minimization
- Cost-utility
- Cost-benefit
Module IV – Sources of information for clinical decision making
Length: 8 hours.
Subjects:
• Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG)
- What are they?
- Importance and potential flaws
- The Brazilian Medical Association Project
- Critical Evaluation of CPG
• Best sources of evidence-based information
• Efficient strategies to keep up-to-dated
• Beyond Evidences: Ethics-based, experience-based and competence-based medicine
• EBM limitations
• Translating medical evidence to the patient