Evidence-based practice is an approach to clinical practice that revolves around the use of the best available clinical evidence when making treatment decisions about individual patients. One of the biggest challenges of evidence-based practice is locating and identifying the best available clinical evidence, and determining which resources to use when gathering evidence. This class will introduce a number of systems developed for the identification of best evidence resources for clinical evaluation.

The Health Sciences Digital Library and Learning Center hosts a Key Class series annually which covers their most frequently requested topics. The series enables designated time to discover resources and services that can impact patient care such as expert database searching, evidence-based practice, and an introduction to systematic reviews & meta-analysis. The classes are hands-on and open to all UT Southwestern faculty, students and staff.

This is one of four 2-hour sessions offered, including Point of Care Resources, Expert Database Searching, Evidence-Based Practice, and Introduction to Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analysis.