From Research to Reality: How to evaluate the evidence and use improvement science to implement best practices in your system.

Thursday, September 21, 2023

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CT

Location: 345

CE: 1

Co-Speaker(s)

Brooke Burton, NRP, FACPE (she/her/hers)

Quality Improvement / Controlled Substance Manager
Unified Fire Authority
South Salt Lake, Utah
Remle P. Crowe, PhD, NREMT (she/her/hers)

Director of Research
ESO
Copperas Cove, Texas

Disclosure(s):

Brooke Burton, NRP, FACPE: No financial relationships to disclose

Remle P. Crowe, PhD, NREMT: No financial relationships to disclose

We often hear that EMS should be more evidenced based. But, what does that even mean? How do we find this evidence? How do we determine if the latest study means we should actually change what we do in the field? Join Remle Crowe and Brooke Burton as they discuss how to find the latest studies, evaluate them, and determine if the evidence is strong enough for practice change. They’ll also give practical applications of how to leverage improvement science to implement meaningful practice change.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to: Describe the purpose of function of PubMed and Google Scholars.
Upon completion, participant will be able to: Describe several recent papers that might change your EMS practice.
Upon completion, participant will be able to: Formulate a basic improvement plan to bring new research to your agency.