Oral presentations
25th October
Conference inauguration
Tiziano Innocenti, Nino Cartabellotta | GIMBE Foundation, Italy
Opening lecture | EBM 32 years later: achieved goals and unresolved issues
Gordon Guyatt | McMaster University, Canada
Opening lecture | Looking into the future: evidence-based education, research and practice
Paul Glasziou | Bond University, Australia
Pre-conference workshops
GRADE like a pro
Holger Schünemann, McMaster University, Canada
Improving the E in the Ecosystem of Evidence: the Oxford CEBM catalogue of bias
David Nunan, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
26th October
Plenary session 1
Chair: Gordon Guyatt
KEYNOTE | The covidization of medical science
John Ioannidis | Stanford University, USA
KEYNOTE | 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 Schünemann | 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, rapidreview on the SARS-CoV-2 antibody response
Haley Holmer | Portland VA Research Foundation, USA
Plenary session 2
Chair: Lubna Al-Ansary
KEYNOTE | Too many publications, too little evidence: what can editors of biomedical journals do?
Kamran Abbasi | The BMJ, United Kingdom
KEYNOTE | 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
Chair: Signe Flottorp
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
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
Juan Antonio Blasco-Amaro | 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
Chair: Peter Tugwell
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, free and open source tool for improved literature research
Margot Gremmen-Verleg | Martini Ziekenhuis Groningen, The Netherlands
Using the Master Adaptive Learning model to develop curriculum that enhances Evidenced-Based Practice
Drew 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 Bussières | 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
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Global models of partner engagement to rapidly implement evidence-based practice
Sally Fowler Davis (Anglia Ruskin Cambridge, UK) and Christine East (La Trobe University, Australia)
Network meta-analysis: the basics, certainty of evidence and interpretation using GRADE
Gordon Guyatt, McMaster University, Canada
Promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic Publishing
Juan Victor Ariel Franco, BMJ Evidence Based Medicine, Germany
Pragmatic trials and randomized real world evidence on non-pharmaceutical interventions: challenges and solutions in conduct and assessment
Lars Hemkens (University of Basel, Switzerland), Perrine Janiaud (University of Basel, Switzerland) and John Ioannidis (Stanford University, USA)
Plenary session 3
Chair: John Ioannidis
KEYNOTE | Evolution and revolution: the future of evidence synthesis in Cochrane
Karla Soares-Weiser, Jordi Pardo Pardo | Cochrane, United Kingdom / Canada
KEYNOTE | 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
Kristin Rogers | 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
Nofisat Ismaila | McMaster University, Canada
Innovative methods for living and rapid evidence-informed clinical advice during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jennifer Yost | The American College of Physicians, USA
Plenary session 4
Chair: Hans Lund
KEYNOTE | Tackling inequities and promoting a worldwide evidence-informed healthcare
Eleanor Ochodo | Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kenya
KEYNOTE | Building a sustainable ecosystem of evidence: new challenges after the pandemic
Nino Cartabellotta, Tiziano Innocenti | GIMBE Foundation, Italy
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
Chair: Eleanor Ochodo
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
Carsten Juhl | 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
Mirte 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
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 Lühnen | 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
Paulo Pinho | Rutgers University, USA
Baseline imbalances in alirocumab and evolocumab trials: A meta-epidemiological study
Hendrika Luijendijk | University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands
Parallel session D
Chair: Julie Tilson
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
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
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Creating, publishing and dynamically updating trustworthy and living guidelines through MAGIC
Per Olav Vandvik, Leticia Kawano Dourado and Gordon Guyatt (MAGIC Evidence Ecosystem Foundation, Norway)
Teaching EBHC in an online environment: Moving from theory to practice
Anke Rohwer and Nasreen Jessani (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
The Importance of End-User Perspectives in Reducing Research Waste
Hans Lund (EBR Network, Norway), Jennifer Yost (EBR Network, USA) and Klara Brunnhuber (Elsevier Ltd. Clinical Solutions. EMEALAAP, UK)
Plenary session 5
Chair: David Nunan
KEYNOTE | How to improve patients' and consumers' involvement in healthcare decisions
Hilda Bastian | Cartoons and blogs at PLOS, and writes for The Atlantic, Australia
KEYNOTE | 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
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
Closing ceremony
Goodbye
Tiziano Innocenti, Elena Cottafava | GIMBE Foundation, Italy