25th October
Conference inauguration (18.30 – 20.00)
EBM 32 years later: achieved goals and unresolved issues
Gordon Guyatt | McMaster University, Canada
Looking into the future: evidence-based education, research and practice
Paul Glasziou | Bond University, Australia
26th October
Plenary session 1 (08.30 – 10.45)
The covidization of medical science
John Ioannidis | Stanford University, USA
Evidence-based translational medicine: connecting basic and clinical research
Emily Sena | University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Living evidence to inform health decisions framework (LE-IHD): a practical interactive framework based tool to guide the incorporation of Living Evidence in the development of knowledge transfer products
Maria Ximena Rojas | Institut d'Recerca Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Spain
Effectiveness and user experience of digital plain language COVID-19 health recommendations (PLR) in people of different age and health literacy: Results of three randomized controlled trials and qualitative studies
Holger Schunemann | McMaster University, Canada
Dead on arrival? An overview of living systematic reviews and their methodological rigor
Melanie Golob | University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Engaging citizen partners within a rapid review process
Maureen Dobbins | McMaster University, Canada
When seemingly essential methods don’t hold up in a pandemic: an adaptive approach to a living, rapid review on the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response
Haley Holmer | Portland VA Research Foundation, USA
Plenary session 2 (11.15 – 13.00)
Too many publications, too little evidence: what can editors of biomedical journals do?
Kamran Abbasi | The BMJ, United Kingdom
Real-world Evidence: another tool in the toolbox
John Concato | U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA
Thirty years of developments in Evidence-Based Practice: have teaching and assessment methods in the health professions kept up?
Aliki Thomas | McGill University, Canada
A learning system using routinely collected cohort data to combine research and care for continuous evaluation of personalized treatment strategies: the MultiSCRIPT project
Perrine Janiaud | Univeristy Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Increasing value of health research by making evidence-based funding decision
Jong-wook Ban | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, USA
See one, do one, teach one - Building capacity of african teachers of evidence-based health care through experiential learning
Anke Rohwer | Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Vaccine communication training for healthcare providers - an IMMUNION initiative
Aurélie De Waele | University of Antwerp, Belgium
Parallel session A (14.30 – 16.30)
Peer feedback activity over critical appraisal of a RCT in a postgraduate-level online unit of study in introductory clinical epidemiology
Naomi Noguchi | University of Sydney, Australia
Invited to dinner but not to the table: web content accessibility evaluation for persons with disabilities
Patrick Okwen | Effective Basic Services (eBASE) Africa, Cameroon
Applying the behaviour change wheel to patient safety events to enhance Evidence-Based Practice in a pediatric tertiary care centre
Mari Somerville | IWK Health, Canada
The problem of citation bias – a scoping review
Hans Lund | Bergen University College, Norway
Characterising community hospitals vocations and quality of care delivered to generate evidence for informed decision-making
Chiara Reno | Università di Bologna, Italy
Impact of pragmatic trial design features on treatment effect estimates: the PragMeta project
Lars Hemkens | Univeristy Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Vitamin D for prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Transformation of a rapid review in a living systematic review
Rebeca Isabel-gomez | Fundación Progreso y Salud, Spain
Why is UK emergency care in crisis? Scoping analysis of routine population data
Nicholas Steel | University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Using consumer surveys to impact the scope of clinical practice guidelines
Sandra Kaplan | Rutgers University, USA
Parallel session B (14.30 – 16.30)
Consumer perspectives of guidelines implementation: review of consumer contributions to guidelines for malaria
Pauline Ebaisong Akonjang | Effective Basic Services (eBASE) Africa, Cameroon
Perceived value and self-reported implementation of teaching Evidence-Based Dentistry (EBD) in indonesian dental schools: a national survey
Dani Firman | Universitas Padjadjaran, Indonesia
Medsyntax: a new tool for improved literature search
Margot Verleg-gremmen | Martini Ziekenhuis Groningen, The Netherlands
Using the Master Adaptive Learning model to develop curriculum that enhances Evidenced-Based Practice
Drew M Keister | University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, USA
Evidence-based decision-making - development and piloting of an online training for nurses
Birte Berger-höger | University of Bremen, Germany
Evidence-Based Practice and knowledge translation: in tandem or in tension?
André Bussieres | Université du Québec a Trois Rivicres, Canada
Teaching EBM in general practice in the Netherlands; the power of a national network
Marie-louise Bartelink | UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Methods to improve digital literacy of health professionals to rapidly translate evidence into clinical practice
Christine East | La Trobe University, Australia
A qualitative study of students’ and teachers’ experiences with an online course in Evidence-Based Practice
Nina Rydland Olsen | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
27th October
Plenary session 3 (08.30 – 10.45)
Evolution and revolution: the future of evidence synthesis in Cochrane
Karla Soares-Weiser | Cochrane, United Kingdom
Quenching the thirst for access to living practice guidelines
Holger Schünemann | McMaster University, Canada
Processes and methods for developing guidance in the setting of COVID-19: an international, cross-sectional study
Susan Norris | Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Learning on the job: using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to support rapid review methods
Kristine Read | McMaster University, Canada
A voice enabled point of care clinical search engine & clinical question capturing platform for Evidence-Based Medicine
Izhar Hasan | Rutgers University, USA
The impact of Evidence-Based Practice guidelines adherence on clinical outcomes in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ismaila Nofisat | McMaster University, Canada
Innovative methods for living and rapid evidence-informed clinical advice during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jennifer Yost | Villanova University, USA
Plenary session 4 (11.15 – 13.00)
Tackling inequities and promoting a worldwide evidence-informed healthcare
Eleanor Ochodo | Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
Building a sustainable ecosystem of evidence: new challenges after the pandemic
Nino Cartabellotta | GIMBE Foundation, Italy
Updating Evidence Informed Healthcare (EIHC) tutorials using an anti-oppressive and diversity lens
Diana and Martin Dawes | University of British Columbia, Canada
Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine to large classes of undergraduate medical students: team-based learning versus small group discussionsl, a randomized controlled trial
Mona Nabulsi | American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Perception and attitude towards EBM in the GP specialty training in the Netherlands: an explorative qualitative study
Susanne Claessen | Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Effectiveness of educational interventions for improving information literacy in healthcare professionals: a systematic review
Mauricette Lee | Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore
Knowledge, attitudes, confidence, and behavior related to Evidence-Based Practice among healthcare professionals working in primary healthcare in Norway. Results from a cross-sectional survey
Nils Gunnar Landsverk | Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
Parallel session C (14.30 – 16.30)
The learning curve of bachelor nurses in a four day Evidence Based Practice course
Jessica Cramer-kruit | Martini Hospital, The Netherlands
Similar responsiveness of health-related quality of life outcome in patients with breast cancer undergoing systemic therapy
Juhl Carsten | University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
A bibliometric analysis of statistical terms used in American Physical Therapy Association journals: pre- and post- COVID lockdown
Clarisa Martinez | University of Southern California, USA
Growth and quality of evidence for evaluating digital health interventions: an assessment of registered clinical trials
Fujian Song | University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
Making decision trees from guidelines
Mirthe Tilma | the Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, The Netherlands
International collaboration to increase efficiency of updating evidence syntheses to support guidelines for disease prevention
Julian Little | University of Ottawa, Canada
Creating infrastructure to support a learning health system with rapid, high-quality evidence
Bronwyn Southwell | University of Minnesota, USA
Efficacy of an online training programme to support the application of the guideline evidence-based health information: a randomised controlled trial and process evaluation
Julia Luhnen | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
A protocol for the practical application of human rights in World Health Organization guideline development
Rebecca Thomas | The University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine to medical students using a Virtual Journal Club: a mixed method study
Ahmed Husnain | Dow University of Health Sciences, Pakistan
Parallel session D (14.30 – 16.30)
Experiences with integrating best evidence in clinical care in middle Africa through EBM Africa network
Meriam Ongolo | Effective Basic Services (eBASE) Africa, Cameroon
Teaching overdiagnosis to medical students and family physicians within an Evidence-Based Medicine framework
Eddy Lang | University of Calgary, Canada
Opportunities and challenges in communicating evidence to nurse leaders: experiences of online courses in Finland and China
Maritta Välimäki | University of Turku, Finland
EBM teaching in a pandemic: a pre-post comparison of medical students' self-efficacy for dealing with scientific literature
Maria Noftz | University of Luebeck, Germany
Developing a web-based evidence-based research training school – challenges and considerations
Hrund Thorsteinsson | University of Iceland, Iceland
Re-designing long-term care policy from a systems thinking perspective in the post-pandemic era
Peter Tsasis | York University, Canada
Implementation and evaluation of a new quality and patient safety module component across ten postgraduate nursing programmes: case study from the irish context
Aoife De Brun | University College Dublin, Ireland
Evidence-Based Practice education and programmatic assessment
Joan Verhoef | Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
The doctorate of physical therapy EBP curricular guidelines: uptake and challenges
Hilary Greenberger | Ithaca College, USA
28th October
Plenary session 5 (09.00 – 12.00)
How to improve patients' and consumers' involvement in healthcare decisions
Hilda Bastian | Cartoons and blogs at PLOS, and writes for The Atlantic, Australia
AI evidence for use in clinical practice
Per Olav Vandvik | University of Oslo, Norway
The impact of Evidence-Based Practice on daily nursing and allied health practice
Henriette Smid-nanninga | Martini Hospital, The Netherlands
Adapting evidence-based peri-discharge complex interventions for reducing 30-day hospital readmissions among heart failure and COPD patients in Hong Kong
Vincent Chi Ho Chung | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Responsive Evidence Systems for african policy needs
Marthe Bogne Penka | Effective Basic Services (eBASE) Africa, Cameroon
The effectiveness of an integrated knowledge translation intervention on the implementation of NEWS2 in nursing homes. A pragmatic cluster RCT
Thomas Potrebny | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway
Guideline implementation using the knowledge to action model: a mixed methods analysis of therapist performance triangulated with therapist and patient perspectives
Julie Tilson | University of Southern California, USA
Evidence to action: the role of issue briefs as a tool for discussion and NCD advocacy in five African countries
Nasreen Jessani | Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Impact of health library information resources on patient care: a cross-sectional survey of irish healthcare personnel
Brendan Leen | Health Service Executive, Ireland