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Information Mastery Practicum and Course

Information Mastery Practicum, developed by Jay Zimmermann, MD

Summary of goals and new types of sessions to be included in the redesigned weekly Information Mastery Sessions
How to get it done - specifics on descriptions and quantities for each type of session to be included over the course of the practicum
Slides outlining the new format for participants
Memo to residents with information on selecting topics for conferences

UVa and Tufts University Two-Day Information Mastery Course, developed by David C. Slawson, MD and Allen F. Shaughnessy, PharmD

Outline of course
- Day 1
  - Module 1: Information Mastery: Finding the Best Evidence for Everyday Practice
    - Introduction to Information Mastery (slides)
    - Slawson DC, Shaughnessy AF, Bennett JH. Becoming a medical information master: feeling good about not knowing everything. J Fam Pract 1994;38:505-513. (PDF)
    - Shaughnessy AF, Slawson DC, Bennett JH. Becoming an information master: a guidebook to the medical information jungle. J Fam Pract 1994;39:489-499. (PDF)
    - Shaughnessy AF, Slawson DC. Teaching information mastery: creating informed consumers of medical information. J Am Board Fam Pract 1999;12:444-449. (PDF)
  - Module 2: Is It a POEM? Assessing Relevance Before Rigor
    - Exercise: Is It a POEM? (MS Word)
    - Exercise 1 Answer: Is It a POEM? (MS Word)
    - Exercise 2 Answer: Is It a POEM? (MS Word)
    - Exercise 3 Answer: Is It a POEM? (MS Word)
    - Exercise 4 Answer: Is It a POEM? (MS Word)
    - Exercise 5 Answer: Is It a POEM? (MS Word)
  - Module 3: Is It True? Evaluating Information About Therapies
    - Determining the Usefulness of Therapy Articles (slides)
    - How to Determine the Validity of Articles About Therapy (MS Word)
    - Treatment Worksheet (MS Word)
  - Module 4: Don't Panic: Basic Statistics You Can Understand
    - Statistics...So What's the Big Deal? (slides)
    - Statistics Definitions (MS Word)
  - Module 5: A Pocket Full of Possibilities: "Just-in-Time" Information at the Point of Care
    - The Near Future of Medicine: Just-in-Time Information at the Point of Care (slides)
    - Slawson DC, Shaughnessy AF. Teaching evidence-based medicine: should we be teaching information management instead? Acad Med 2005;80:685-689. (PDF)
    - Shaughnessy AF, Slawson DC. What happened to the valid POEMs? A survey of review articles on the treatment of type 2 diabetes. BMJ 2003;327:266. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7409.266. (PDF)
    - Hunting Tool Worksheet (MS Excel)
    - Foraging Tool Worksheet (MS Excel)
  - Module 6: Reading and Evaluating Synopses of Therapy Research
    - Foraging Tool Overview (slides)
    - Exercise: Reading and Evaluating Synopses of Therapy Research (PDF)
    - Foraging Tool Worksheet (MS Excel)
  - Module 7: Evaluating Traditional "Expert-Based" Information Systems, Including Colleagues, CME, Reviews, and Practice Guidelines
    - Traditional Expert-based Information Delivery Systems: Using an Expert, Being an Expert (slides)
    - CME Cover Letter (MS Word)
    - CME Evaluation Form (MS Word)
    - Shaughnessy AF, Slawson DC. Getting the most from review articles: a guide for readers and writers. Am Fam Phys 1997;55:2155-2160.
    - Review Article Worksheet (MS Word)
    - Practice Guidelines Worksheet (MS Word)
    - Determining the Usefulness of Clinical Decision (Cost) Analysis: Creating POEMs out of DOEs (MS Word)
    - Decision (Cost) Analyses Worksheet (MS Word)
  - Module 8: Handheld Computers in Medicine
- Day 2
  - Module 9: The True Mission of Information Mastery: Using "Medical Poetry" to Reduce Health Disparities
    - The True Mission of Information Mastery: Using Medical Poetry to Remove the Inequities in Health Care Delivery (slides)
    - Slawson DC, Shaughnessy AF. Becoming an information master: using medical poetry to remove the inequities in health care delivery. J Fam Pract 2001;50:51-56. (PDF)
  - Module 10: Is It True? Evaluating Information About Diagnostic Tests and Clinical Decision Rules
    - Evaluating Articles About Diagnostic Tests: Is Bayes' Theorem Really Important? (slides)
    - Slawson DC, Shaughnessy AF. Teaching information mastery: the case of Baby Jeff and the importance of Bayes' theorem. Fam Med 2002;34:140-142. (PDF)
    - How to Read Articles on Diagnostic Tests (MS Word)
    - Diagnostic Tests Worksheet (MS Excel)
  - Module 11: Using Computerized Clinical Decision Rules to Make Clinical Decisions and Obtain CME Credit at the Point of Care
    - Using Computers to Make Clinical Decisions and Obtain CME at the Point of Care (slides)
    - InfoRetriever Point-of-Care CME Proposal (slides)
  - Module 12: Separating the Wheat From the Chaff: Obtaining Useful Information from Pharmaceutical Representatives
    - Separating the Wheat From the Chaff: Obtaining Useful Information From Pharmaceutical Representatives (slides)
    - Shaughnessy AF, Slawson DC, Bennett JH. Separating the wheat from the chaff: identifying fallacies in pharmaceutical promotion. J Gen Intern Med 1994;9:563-568. (PDF)
    - Pharmaceutical Representative Feedback Form (MS Word)
  - Module 13: Bumps in the Road to Teaching and Practicing Information Mastery
    - Bumps in the Road to IM/EBHC (slides)
    - Slaughnessy AF, Slawson DC. Easy ways to resist change in medicine. BMJ 2004;329:1473-1474. (PDF)
    - Slawson DC, Shaughnessy AF. Becoming an information master: using POEMs to change practice with confidence. J Fam Pract 2000;49:63-67. (PDF)
  - Module 14: Clinical Jazz: Harmonizing Clinical Experience and Evidence-Based Medicine
    - Clinical Jazz: Harmonizing Clinical Experience and Evidence-Based Medicine (slides)
    - Slaughnessy AF, Slawson DC, Becker L. Clinical Jazz: harmonizing clinical experience and evidence-based medicine. J Fam Pract 1998;47:425-428.
  - Module 15: Appendix
    - Information Mastery Questionnaire: Evaluation of Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes (MS Word)
    - How to Read Articles About Prognosis (MS Word)
    - Prognosis Worksheet (MS Word)
    - Qualitative Research Worksheet (MS Word)
    - Educational Prescription (MS Word)
    - Educational Intervention Worksheet (MS Word)

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Information Mastery Practicum and Course