Mind the Gap: How Can We Bridge Evidence to Practice?

Sunday, April 30, 2023

11:00 AM – 12:30 PM ET

Location: Convention Center: 304

CE: Live CME: 1.50

Leader(s)

Mohan Pammi, MD, PhD, MRCPCH (he/him/his)

Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Bellaire, Texas, United States

Co-Leader(s)

PS

Prakesh Shah, MD, FRCPC

Professor
Pediatrics
Mount Sinai Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ravi Patel, MD, MSc (he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Souvik Mitra, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC (he/him/his)

Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Dalhousie University & IWK Health
Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
GG

Ganga Gokulakrishnan, MD, MS

Associate Professor
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States
MR

Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD

McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s):

Mohan Pammi, MD, PhD, MRCPCH: No financial relationships to disclose

Prakesh S. Shah, MD, FRCPC: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Ravi M. Patel, MD, MSc: Infant Bacterial Therapeutics / Premier Research (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant); Medtronic (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Research Support including clinical trials & the principal or named investigator); Noveome (Ongoing) (Products/Services: Consultant)

Souvik Mitra, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Ganga Gokulakrishnan, MD, MS: No financial relationships to disclose

Matthew Rysavy, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Workshop

Description: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) has been defined as the conscientious, explicit, judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about care of individual patients. The ability to find, appraise and apply appropriate evidence in clinical practice is of utmost importance. EBM is one of the core competency skills recommended by the ACGME and is emphasized in medical schools and residencies.

A real and urgent need exists for teaching and incorporating EBM and evidence in medical education in Pediatrics and Pediatric subspecialties. However, changes in behavior is best achieved by clinically integrated EBM teaching. The important benefits of training health professionals in EBM is reduction in unacceptable variations in clinical practice, which in turn, lead to improved patient outcomes and effective utilization of clinical resources.

We believe a gap exists between knowing EBM and incorporating it in bedside clinical practice. The theme of our workshop is bridging the gap between understanding EBM and implementation at the bedside by appropriate examples and scenarios.

These are common questions clinicians have as they try to understand and apply evidence to the bedside. In this interactive workshop, we intend to demonstrate the tools to answer these two questions using interactive examples and practice scenarios.

1. Is the treatment helpful? – Understanding the magnitude and certainty of effect estimates.
2. Will it work for the patient in front of me? – An introduction to heterogeneity of treatment effects
Learners will leave with a framework of incorporating EBM in their daily practice at the bedside

Learning Objectives:

Appraise clinical intervention studies on the magnitude and certainty of effect estimates. Is the treatment helpful?
Discuss heterogeneity of treatment effects. How to tailor treatment for patients at the bedside?