Pre Conference to the Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice

The Educators' EBP Workshop®
Footings for the Bridge to Excellence:
EducationRevitalization for Today’s Healthcare System
July 8, 2009
Audience: Health Professions Educators who wish to transform their education programs.
Rapid changes in healthcare have created unprecedented need for deep revision in educational programs. National drivers of quality and safety light the way for educational programs to lay foundations to bridge the quality chasm. The 2009 Educators EBP Workshop® emphasizes major improvement programs that should influence preparation of students for today’s healthcare systems.
Workshop Description: In its 5th year, this acclaimed workshop for educators examines teaching-learning strategies, competencies, and interdisciplinary efforts in evidence-based quality and patient safety education. The workshop offers opportunities to explore EBP teaching and learning strategies and resources and discuss trends and issues related to preparation of the workforceto be a vital part of healthcare improvement.
National leaders will discusspowerful programs that are changing clinical care and rapidly becoming national standards. Discussions will include implications of these new trends for education,essential EBP competencies and teaching strategies, revision of basic and graduate curricula and courses, and new online educational resources.
Participants will emerge with
revitalized professional practice knowledge necessary to instruct learners for
full participation in contemporary healthcare.
OBJECTIVES
Health Professions Educators who wish to revitalize their education programs will have opportunities to:
  1. Explore major healthcare trends and attendant impact on preparation of today’s healthcare workforce for evidence-based quality and safety.
  2. Describe advances in integrating evidence-based quality and safety into educational programs.
  3. Examine educational transformation for evidence-based quality and safety from around the nation.
  4. Describe collaboration between education and clinical programs that shapes teaching, learning, and curricula.
The Educators' EBP Workshop®
Footings for the Bridge to Excellence:
EducationRevitalization for Today’s Healthcare System
July 8, 2009
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
7:15-8:00 AM / ON-SITE REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Poster Placement
8:00-8:45 / Overview
EVIDENCE-BASED QUALITY AND SAFETY IN HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION / Jane M. Cardea,PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Chronic Nursing Care, University of TexasHealthScienceCenter
Kathleen Stevens, RN, EdD, ANEF, FAAN
Professor & Director, Academic Center for Evidence-Based Practice,School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center
8:45-9:45 / What Faculty Should Know about MAGNET RECOGNITION / Sarah Humme, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Senior Director of Nursing Clinical Excellence,
Methodist Healthcare System
9:45-10:05 / BREAK and
Interactive Poster Session*: Teaching Strategies from Across the Nation
10:05-11:05 / What Faculty Should Know about
TRANSFORMING CARE AT THE BEDSIDE / Jane Ezell,PhD, RN,Director Nursing Practice,
Seton Family of Hospitals
11:05-12:05 / What Faculty Should Know about
TeamSTEPPS® / Marcia Harmon, BSN, MA,TeamSTEPPS® Master Trainer, Army Medical Department (AMEDD)
12:05-1:05 / LUNCH and
Interactive Poster Session*: Teaching Strategies from Across the Nation
1:05-2:05 / What Faculty Should Know about IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE / Kathleen Stevens, RN, EdD, ANEF, FAAN
2:05-2:45 / PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES: How those outside of education shape what health professionals are taught / Panel: Humme, Ezell, Harmon,Stevens
2:45-3:00 / Summary and Evaluation / Jane M. Cardea, RN, PhD

*Participants will have opportunities to interact with Poster Presenters regarding strategies and EBP competencies.