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(32) 16 33 74 80

Workshops

PATRONAGE : The course is organised under the patronage of the European Academy of Teachers in General Practice (EURACT) and with the support of the EURACT service function task force. EURACT council members also serve as resource persons.

RESOURCE PERSONS: Gertraud Rothe (Austria), Mårten Kvist, Mladenka Vrcic-Keglevic (Croatia), Kvetoslav Šipr (Czech Republic), Ivar Østergaard (Denmark), Margus Lember (Estonia), Paula Vainiomäki (Finland), Bernard Gay (France), Gernod Lorenz (Germany), Anastasios Simeonidis (Greece), Gio Batta Gottardi (Italy), Michael Boland (Ireland), Owen V Clark (Ireland), Egle Zebiene (Lithuania), Dag H Søvik (Norway), Harry Crebolder (The Netherlands), Adam Windak (Poland), Isabel Dos Santos (Portugal), Adrian Restian (Romania), Igor Denisov (Russia), Csaba Arnold (Hungary), Anton Budak (Croatia), Dolores Fores (Spain), Eva Jurgova (Slovakia), Anna Källkvist (Sweden), Werner Ringli (Switzerland), Okay Basak (Turkey), Grigory Lisenko (Ukraine), Justin Allen (United Kingdom).

INTRODUCTION
Today's physicians are faced with identifying, evaluating, and applying a huge quantity of medical information. The medical information system is a "jungle" in which the unguided visitor can become lost or disoriented. From original research to clinical experience, each source of medical information is valuable; the trick is to learn which source is best for the specific information being sought. Armed with this guide, clinicians can find the most appropriate source of information, evaluate it quickly, and apply it confidently in their efforts to provide the best care for their patients.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE
At the end of the course the participants will be able to:

• Understand the logic behind EBM
  
• Use strategies for finding EBM
  
• Understand EBM in the patient's context (the family and community)
  
• Search for an answer to clinical problems
  
• Make an audit of own work from the perspective of EBM
  

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course is aimed at general practitioners involved in teaching general practice and will be held in English. It will be based on presentations by experts, group work and open discussion in small groups and plenaries. The participants will be supplied with course material in advance. A EURACT certificate will be issued to the participants at the end of the course.

GENERAL INFORMATION
The course will be held in Bled, Slovenia. Bled is a tourist resort in the northwest of Slovenia and is easily accessible by car, train or plane. The course fee is set at 170 ECU and will include course material, organization of the course and the participation in social events. There is a 40 ECU reduction of the course fee for EURACT members.

The interested participants should send their preliminary applications until June 1. to the following address:
Igor Švab
Institute of Public Health
Trubarjeva 2
61000 Ljubljana        
Slovenia
tel.: +386-61-1323-245
fax.:+386-61-323-955
e-mail: Igor.Svab@ivz-rs.si