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Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center

Teaching Evidence-based Medicine

October 5-9, 1999
The New York Academy of Medicine
103^rd Street at Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029

An Educational Program of The American College of Physicians/New York Chapter & The New York Academy of Medicine

The American College of Physicians/New York Chapter Committee on Evidence-based Medicine and The New York Academy of Medicine are pleased to announce the Third Annual Course on Teaching Evidence-based Medicine, which will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine beginning the evening of October 5^th and daily, October 6^th through 8^th. At the conclusion of the program, registrants will be able to:

• Formulate a searchable clinical question.
• Identify and gain experience with EBM resources to assist in answering questions efficiently.
• Evaluate the validity of evidence.
• Teach EBM in morning report, ward rounds, journal clubs, and during physical diagnosis.
• Use the best evidence in clinical decisions.

Who should attend?

The course is open to faculty in internal medicine and emergency medicine residency programs and medical librarians in New York State. The course is an intensive 3½ day seminar, consisting of small group workshops, large group sessions, and the opportunity for hands-on practice with evidence-based electronic products, including MEDLINE, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Best Evidence, UpToDate, and MDConsult.

Programs in New York State are encouraged to register from one to six participants. Preference will be given to those institutions that send more than one participant.

Registration for the program is $500 per physician; $325 per librarian.

The New York City Chapter of the American College of Physicians is offering a limited number of scholarship awards to internists. Please contact Rosanne Leipzig for more information. (Telephone: 212-241-4274; Email: rosanne_leipzig@smtplink.mssm.edu)

For more information on this program, please call Patricia Gallagher at 212-822-7324.

Or write to :

Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center
The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029

Visit the Evidence-based Medicine Resource Center Home Page

Course Directors:

Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD - Mt. Sinai Med Center
Eleanor Z. Wallace, MD - SUNY HSC Brooklyn
Thomas McGinn, MD - Mt. Sinai Med Center


Confirmed Faculty Members for the October 1999 class include:
Jeremy Boal, MD - Mt. Sinai Med Center
Pamela Charney, MD - Albert Einstein Col Med
Suzanne Fields, MD - SUNY Stonybrook
Rose Hatala, MD - McMaster University
Roman Z. Jaeschke, MD - McMaster University
Hui Lee, MD - McMaster University
Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD - Mt. Sinai Med Center
Thomas McGinn, MD - Mt. Sinai Med Center
Kathryn Nesbit, MLS - Univ of Rochester
James Nishikawa, MD - McMaster University
Jeong Oh, MD - Long Island Jewish Med Center
W. Scott Richardson, MD - U Texas/San Antonio
Mark Wilson, MD - Wake Forest University

Emergency Medicine Program supported in part by a grant from