The University of Maryland and the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System present:

Nursing Practice Based on Evidence: Moving Science into Action — April 2-3, 2009

Overview

Nurses and other health care providers are faced with critical patient care decisions every day. These professionals can be most effective in optimizing care delivery when their institutions’ policies and procedures integrate the latest research findings into clinical practice. “Nursing Practice Based on Evidence: Moving Science Into Action,” the sixth annual evidence-based practice conference jointly sponsored by the University of Maryland School of Nursing and the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, will bring together some of the industry’s leading experts to present their ideas for ensuring that sound research evidence is efficiently translated into practice to produce the best possible outcomes for patients and clients.

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Featured Speaker

Sean Clarke, PhD, RN, FAAN

Dr. Clarke is an associate professor at the University of Toronto’s Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing and inaugural holder of the RBC Chair in Cardiovascular Nursing Research at the University of Toronto and the University Health Network.. He concurrently holds adjunct appointments at the Université de Montréal and the University of Pennsylvania, where he  served as Associate Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research for seven years prior to joining the University of Toronto. Dr. Clarke also held a visiting appointment at University College Dublin.

Tracks:

  1. Moving Evidence into Practice
  2. Making the Business Case for Evidence-based Practice
  3. The Case for Quality in Evidence-based Practice
  4. Bringing Evidence-based Practice into the Community
  5. Supporting Evidence-based Practice through Technology

Who Should Attend

Nurses and other health care providers, researchers, administrators, and educators interested in nursing research and evidence-based nursing practice.

Hotel Information

Holiday Inn Baltimore Inner Harbor

301 W. Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD  21201
Reservation #:1-410-685-3500

Conference Location

University of Maryland School of Nursing

Questions? Contact the Office of Professioal Development via e-mail.