About the Course:

Learning to ask questions that can be answered from the literature, knowing what literature to search, and appraising the literature for its appropriateness to practice are skills needed by every dietitian to be effective in today's work environment. Building on the Users' Guides to the Medical Literature¹, this course will foster skills needed for evidence-based practice in all areas of dietetics.

To support dietitians in gaining and enhancing those skills, Dietitians of Canada offers a Masters Level (non university credit) course - Evidence-Based Decision Making - in collaboration with the Centre for Health Evidence, University of Alberta. The next course offering will be for June 2^nd - December 12^th, 2008.

The intent of this course is to help practitioners improve their ability to find, appraise and use evidence about health care interventions appearing in the health sciences literature. An evidence-based approach can be applied to health policy making, public health, systems-level decisions as well as those involving individual client care. Experiential learning is emphasized with many nutrition-specific cases and appraisal exercises featured throughout the course. See the course overview and objectives for each module.

^[1] Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature. A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice. American Medical Association. 2002

Course Pricing:

Course registration:
Download the registration form here in PDF format.

For Further Information Contact:

Lynda Corby, Director Policy Communications
PH: (250) 386-0006 / Email: lcorby@dietitians.ca
[OR]

Jayne Thirsk, Co-Director Professional Development and Support
PH: (403) 217-5211 / Email: jthirsk@dietitians.ca

For information regarding course registration, technology requirements and pricing
contact: Lisa Koo PH: (416) 642-9306 / Email: lkoo@dietitians.ca

DC gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the DC Research Network in the development of this professional education program.