The growth in the demand for knowledge about EBM has led to the instigation of a series of workshops, run by an international consortium of groups, including the Centre in Oxford and other groups, aimed at professionals who are interested in teaching EBM in an academic or clinical environment. The first UK workshop was run in summer of 1995; nine more have been run since.
The remainder of this page gives a brief outline of the format for the 2001 Oxford Workshop.
Oxford, 23rd-28th July, 2001
This workshop is aimed at clinicians and other health care professionals who already have some knowledge of critical appraisal and experience in the practice of evidence-based health care and who want to explore issues around teaching evidence-based medicine. The workshop is NOT intended to serve as an introduction to evidence-based medicine itself.
You should consider attending if you:
Most of the Workshop will be conducted in small groups in which participants will develop and test their own EBM packages. Plenary sessions will present and discuss general issues in planning, executing, and evaluating EBM, and will demonstrate large-group strategies for teaching EBM. Searching and study time will be provided each day, and informal social events will encourage free discussion and the establishment of ongoing linkages and working groups.
While the plenary sessions will all be conducted in English, Spanish language small group sessions and searching training will be available. If you wish to take part in a Spanish speaking group, please let us know when you first apply.
Participants will receive EBM packages in diagnosis, prognosis, therapy/prevention, quality of care, systematic reviews, and economic analysis. They will also receive appropriate background readings, a relevant textbook (such as How to Practice and Teach Evidence-Based Medicine) and software tools to help them practice and teach EBM.
The participants who will benefit most from the Workshop will be those who bring their own EBM packages ready for testing in simulated teaching situations.
Workshop facilitators have been practising and teaching EBM at sites across the UK, Europe, and the Americas. The Workshop will be chaired by Dr Martin Dawes.
The fee for the Workshop is £950; details of accommodation will be made available soon.
[Temporarily offline: Click here to download an application form for the workshop] (Office97 RTF, 218k); click here to email Bridget Burchell asking for one, or telephone +44 (1865) 223635 if you like the human contact.
There is a limit of 80 places on the course. We'll let you know if we can offer you a place as soon as possible after we receive your completed application; normally, this will be within 2 weeks of receiving it.