Evidence Week 08 - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Below can be found the excellent presentations given at Melbourne Health's Evidence Week, 2008. To see a presentation, just click on the presentation title; to see more about the presenter, click on the presenter's name.

Opening Session

Denise O'Connor	Knowledge transfer and uptake of evidence
Jo Tropea	Clinical indicators for the Minimising Functional Decline guidelines
Andrea Bramley	Protected meal times - let them eat!

Searching on the run

Peter Greenberg & Terry Harrison Searching on the run

Main Tuesday session

Heather Buchan	Evidence to improve care
Ilana Ackerman	The long wait for joint replacement surgery and opportunities for improving the system
Fary Khan	Effectiveness of rehabilitation intervention in persons with multiple sclerosis: a Randomised Controlled Trial

"Evidence on the Go"

Peter Greenberg	Part 1
Terence Harrison	Part 2

Thursday's GR Hypothetical

Alan Gijsbers EBP: does the Emperor have any clothes?

Panel: Caroline Brand, Kirstie Galbraith, Sally Green, James King, Meg Morris, Christine Walker

Friday workshop

Peter Morley
Appraising evidence

Translating evidence

Main Friday's sessions

Russell Gruen	Global Evidence Mapping (GEM) Initiative: presentation in transit
Jacques Joubert	The challenge of a telemedicine model in risk factor management of stroke survivors - ICARUSS Project
Kathryn Field	Biogrid: Evaluating and informing EBP in Oncology