Session 1A: Principles of Evidenced Based Medicine: Interactive cases to highlight best practices for treatment- Cardiovascular Disease, Pulmonary Disease, Endocrine Disease

Date: 11/8/2010 Check-In
 7:45 am - 8:00 am
Educational Session: 8:00 am - 1:00 pm
Reamer L. Brushardt, PharmD, PA-C Assistant Professor and Division Director Division of Physician Assistant Studies, College of Health Professions, Live CME Instructor for University Learning Systems
Reamer Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C Professor and Chair, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston Salem, North Carolina

At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

  • Define evidence-based medicine and discuss the rationale for the rapid increase in evidence-based practice.  
  • Discuss the five basic steps of applying evidence-based medicine principles into clinical practice. 
  • Identify these basic components of evidence-based medicine:  validity, patient expected event rate (PEER), positive predictive value,  negative predictive value, sensitivity, specificity, statistical significance, relative risk reduction (RRR), absolute risk reduction (ARR),   number-need-to-treat (NNT), number-needed-to-harm (NNH), and odds ratio.
  • Utilize knowledge of evidence-based methodology to calculate the absolute risk reduction and number-needed-to-treat given  statistically significant experimental and control event rates.