Oral Presentations
Pre-conference Workshop (in parallel)
Want to SHARE IT? Testing decision aids linked to guidelines for use in clinical consultations
Per Vandvik, University of Oslo (Norway)
Making sense of results: statistics for the terrified
Amanda Burls, City University of London (United Kingdom)
Conference Inauguration
Welcome to Sicily
Nino Cartabellotta, GIMBE Foundation (Italy)
OPENING LECTURE. Transforming healthcare for a sustainable future: from evidence to value
Muir Gray, University of Oxford, Value Based Healthcare Programme (United Kingdom)
09.00 | Plenary Session 1 - Increasing value, reducing waste
KEYNOTE. Reducing waste in healthcare: GIMBE framework for disinvestment
Nino Cartabellotta, GIMBE Foundation (Italy)
Reflecting upon long term success: a new approach to assessing sustainability in quality improvement initiatives
Laura Lennox, CLAHRC Northwest London (United Kingdom)
Perceptions and attitudes of primary care physicians toward low-value practices and unnecessary care
Johanna Caro Mendivelso, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Assessment (Spain)
Re-thinking Berwick: reducing waste in health service commissioning and delivery in England
Virginia Minogue, NHS England (United Kingdom)and Bill Wells, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (United Kingdom)
Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE 2.0)
Louise Davies, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (USA)
11.30 | Parallel Session A - Increasing value, reducing waste
Kaizen practice in healthcare: a qualitative analysis of hospital employees’ suggestions for improvement
Pamela Mazzocato, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Identifying the impact of research on performance outcomes and patient experiences: an allied health professional perspective
Sally Fowler Davis, Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Trust (United Kingdom)
The perspectives of the public and HCPs on medication wastage: focus groups
Lorna Marie West, Robert Gordon University (Malta)
What proportion of anesthesia and perioperative evidence is valid, relevant and published? What proportion is wasted?
Janet Martin, Western University (Canada)
11.30 | Parallel Session B - Evidence generation and synthesis
From SQUIRE 1.0 to SQUIRE 2.0: a new way to evaluate and update publication guidelines
Louise Davies, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (USA)
Translating evidence into recommendations in the context of rapidly evolving evidence and urgency: experience with Ebola rapid advice guidelines
Davy Cheng, Western University (Canada)
Disease activity guided management and patient initiated appointments in rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial
David Ebbevi, Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
A new approach to CPGs adaptation in Saudi Arabia
Zulfa Al Rayess, The Saudi Center for Evidence Based Healthcare, Ministry of Health (Saudi Arabia)
Low-adherence to recommendations from an authoritative consensus conference on trials in cGvHD led to overestimation of treatment effect
Giovanni Pomponio, Ancona University Hospital (Italy)
14.30 | Plenary Session 2 - Increasing value, reducing waste
KEYNOTE. Well-targeted primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: an underused high-value intervention?
Rod Jackson, The University of Auckland (New Zealand)
KEYNOTE. Overtreatment due to biased evidence synthesis: the case of thrombolysis in acute stroke
Brian Alper, EBSCO Health (USA)
EBRNetwork: a call to action for more (efficient) systematic reviews
Klara Brunnhuber, Evidence-based Research Network (United Kingdom)
16.00 | Parallel workshops How to...
...get better value healthcare (#tenquestionsaboutvalue)
Muir Gray, University of Oxford, Value Based Healthcare Programme (United Kingdom)
...develop and publish a trustworthy evidence summary and recommendation through the MAGIC platform
Per Vandvik, University of Oslo (Norway)
16.00 | Parallel Theme Groups
How can we use the CHAIN Network to increase value and reduce waste?
David Evans, CHAIN - Contact, Help, Advice and Information NetworkSystematic Reviews as a tool to plan new studies and interpret their results
Hans Lund, Klara Brunnhuber, Caroline Blaine, The Evidence-based Research NetworkThe role of Patient Engagement in reducing waste in health care
Virginia Minogue, NHS England (United Kingdom)
Bill Wells, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (United Kingdom)
9.00 | Plenary Session 3 - Evidence generation and synthesis
KEYNOTE. Evidence-based Medicine: from crisis to renaissance
Trisha Greenhalgh, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Increasing value of systematic reviews: the re-scoping process for BMJ Clinical Evidence
Caroline Blaine, British Medical Journal (United Kingdom)
Lay of the land of health professions education systematic reviews: scope and methodological quality of BEME systematic reviews
Anel Schoonees, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Should evidence be obtained by RCTs only? The role of RCTs and real life studies for better decision in respiratory medicine
Fabio Arpinelli, GlaxoSmithKline (Italy)
11.30 | Parallel Session C - Evidence-presentation and translation
Research-based quality improvement in the emergency department
Antonio Sarría-santamera, Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias, Institute of Health Carlos III (Spain)
Integrating self-management support into clinical practice
Patrick Mcgowan, University of Victoria (Canada)
Scottish Improvement Science Collaborating Centre (SISCC). Strengthening the evidence base for improvement science: lessons learned
Nicola M Gray, Scottish Improvement Science Collaborating Centre, University of Dundee (United Kingdom)
Physician probability thresholds for ruling out and initiating treatment for common clinical conditions
Matthew Ludemann, St. Anthony North Family Medicine Residency (USA)
Evaluating patient safety indicators in orthopedic surgery between Italy and USA
Dario Tedesco, University of Bologna and Maurizia Rolli, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (Italy)
National clinical guidelines for cancer translating evidence into practice: the Irish experience
Eve O’Toole, National Cancer Control Programme (Ireland)
Implementation of out-of-office hypertension monitoring in The Netherlands
Pricivel Carrera, University of Twente (The Netherlands)
11.30 | Parallel Session D - Education to EBP/EBHC
Effects of postgraduate EBP training on speech-language therapists motivation and competency
Karin Neijenhuis, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands)
Increasing accessibility, efficiency and impact for clinicians and service: networked educational engagement for remote and island healthcare teams
Fiona Fraser, Remote and Rural Healthcare Education Alliance, NHS Education for Scotland (United Kingdom)
Enhancing utility and understanding of EBP through undergraduate nurse education
Joanne Reid, Queen's University Belfast (United Kingdom)
Why not turn it the other way around?
Anders Hansson, Fyrbodal Research and Development Center (Sweden)
To be or what to be? Leadership roles in conducting quality improvement work guided by national quality registries
Julia Sid, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Adapting Moodle for teaching EBM using team-based learning in a large classroom: a design and development research case study
Piersante Sestini, University of Siena (Italy)
Research-Competencies Assessment Instrument for Nurses (R-CAIN)
Anastasia Mallidou, University of Victoria (Canada)
Students and early career professionals as change agents
Peter Davey, University of Dundee (United Kingdom)
14.30 | Plenary Session 4 - Evidence presentation and translation
KEYNOTE. Bringing best evidence to the point of care: toward a digital ecosystem
Per Vandvik, University of Oslo (Norway)
Value of an economic analysis on diagnostic tests conducted for the Pneumonia NICE Clinical Guideline
Elisabetta Fenu, National Clinical Guideline Centre, Royal College of Physicians (United Kingdom)
Optimizing intervention design to create sustainable interventions
Liz Glidewell, University of Leeds (United Kingdom)
16.00 | Parallel workshops How to...
...use the GATE frame for critical appraisal?
Rod Jackson, The University of Auckland (New Zealand)
...apply theory in implementation of evidence in healthcare
Susanne Bernhardsson, Linköping University (Sweden)
16.00 | Parallel Theme Groups
How can we use the CHAIN Network to increase value and reduce waste?
David Evans, CHAIN - Contact, Help, Advice and Information Network
Systematic Reviews as a tool to plan new studies and interpret their results
Hans Lund, Klara Brunnhuber, Caroline Blaine, The Evidence-based Research Network
The role of Patient Engagement in reducing waste in health care
Virginia Minogue, NHS England (United Kingdom)
Bill Wells, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (United Kingdom)
9.00 | Plenary Session 5 - Education to EBP/EBHC
KEYNOTE. Overdiagnosis: the growing epidemic of the 21st century
Paul Glasziou, Bond University (Australia)
Examining the effectiveness of blended learning for teaching evidence-based medicine
Dragan Ilic, Monash University (Australia)
Exploring return of evidence-based practice behaviours to baseline at follow up among clinical instructors in physiotherapy education
Nina Rydland Olsen, Bergen University College (Norway)
Speech-language therapy students discussing evidence-based practice in clinical placements
Bea Spek, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Experiences and lessons learnt from the implementation of clinically integrated teaching and learning of evidence-based healthcare
Taryn Young, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Evaluating EBP competencies of students, lecturers and professionals of allied health and nursing professions
Joan Verhoef, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (The Netherlands)
11.30 | Plenary Session 6 - Education to EBP/EBHC
E-learning for evidence-based healthcare: which e-learning components are necessary for successful EBHC e-learning?
Anke Rohwer, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Development and validation of the evidence-based Practice Assessment Tool (ePAT)
Kat Leung, University of Sydney (Australia)
12.15 | Report Theme groups
12.45 | Closing ceremony
Nino Cartabellotta, GIMBE Foundation (Italy)
Workshops
Pre-conference workshops
28th October
Want to SHARE IT? Testing decision aids linked to guidelines for use in clinical consultations
Per Vandvik | Institute of Health and Society | University of Oslo, Norway
28th October
Making sense of results: statistics for the terrified
manda Burls | School of Health Sciences|City University of London, United Kingdom
Workshops HOW TO...
29th October
… get better value healthcare (#tenquestionsaboutvalue)
Muir Gray | University of Oxford, Value Based Healthcare Programme, United Kingdom
30th October
… use the GATE frame for critical appraisal?
Jackson | School of Population Health | The University of Auckland, New Zealand
29th October
... develop and publish a trustworthy evidence summary and recommendation through the MAGIC platform
Per Vandvik | Institute of Health and Society | University of Oslo, Norway
30th October
... apply theory in implementation of evidence in healthcare
Susanne Bernhardsson | Department of Medical and Health Sciences | Linköping University, Sweden
Theme groups
29th-30th October
Systematic reviews as a tool to plan new studies and interpret their results
Hans Lund, Klara Brunnhuber, Caroline Blaine | The Evidence-based Research Network
29th-30th October
The role of patient engagement in reducing waste in health care
Virginia Minogue, NHS England (United Kingdom) | Bill Wells, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (United Kingdom)
29th-30th October
How can we use the CHAIN Network to increase value and reduce waste?
David Evans | CHAIN - Contact, Help, Advice and Information Network
Posters
Avoiding low-value practices: implementation of ESSENCIAL Project in Catalonia
Cari Almazán, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Assessment (AQuAS) (Spain)
Participation and engagement by design: maximising the return on investment of medical and clinical leadership and quality improvement projects
Jill Aylott, Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom)
Engaging healthcare providers in designing best practice for discharge communication
Janet Curran, Dalhousie University (Canada)
Mattress type for improving outcomes for chronic low-back pain: a systematic review
Louise Hailey, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (United Kingdom)
The impact of clinical maturity in evidence-based medicine
Dragan Ilic, Monash University (Australia)
Development of a competency framework for evidence-based practice in nursing: a descriptive survey study
Kat Leung, University of Sydney (Australia)
Impact of weekend admission and discharge on hospital length of stay: an analysis of emergency and elective conditions in England 2002/3-2007/8
Han Lu, University of York (United Kingdom)
Implementing evidence-based skills into healthcare practice through higher education
Agneta Malmgren Fänge, Lund University (Sweden)
Evidence-based nursing education program for undergraduate nursing students
Oh Eui Geum, Yonsei University (South Korea)
Perceptions and self-perceived knowledge of evidence-based healthcare amongst registered nurses and midwives in rural areas of the Western Cape
Anke Rohwer, Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
Rehabilitation in intensive care unit: a protocol for auditing current practice (RE-BREATH: REaBilitation of REspiratory failure AudiT in Hospital)
Silvia Tedesco, Marche Polytechnic University (Italy)
Agile: a guiding principle for healthcare improvement?
Sara Tolf, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)