Making Generic Tutorials Content Specific: Recycling Evidence-based Practice (EBP) Tutorials for Two Disciplines |
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| Authors: | Keven M Jeffery Lauren Maggio Mary Blanchard |
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| Institution: | 1. San Diego State University , San Diego, Californiakeven.jeffery@sdsu.edu;3. Stanford University Medical Center , Stanford, California;4. Boston University Medical Center , Boston, Massachussets |
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| Abstract: | Librarians at the Boston University Medical Center constructed two interactive online tutorials, “Introduction to EBM” and “Formulating a Clinical Question (PICO),” for a Family Medicine Clerkship and then quickly repurposed the existing tutorials to support an Evidence-based Dentistry course. Adobe's ColdFusion software was used to populate the tutorials with course-specific content based on the URL used to enter each tutorial, and a MySQL database was used to collect student input. Student responses were viewable immediately by course faculty on a password-protected Web site. The tutorials ensured that all students received the same baseline training and allowed librarians to tailor a subsequent library skills workshop to student tutorial answers. The tutorials were well-received by the medical and dental schools and have been added to mandatory first-year Evidence-based Medicine (EBM) and Evidence-based Dentistry (EBD) courses, meaning that every medical and dental student at BUMC will be expected to complete these tutorials. |
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| Keywords: | Dental education evidence-based dentistry evidence-based medicine evidence-based practice medical education PICO Web tutorials |
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