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How do I timely update my knowledge via evidence resources

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Kelvin Ka-Wai Tam Director of Center for EBHC

Taipei Medical University-Shuang-Ho Hospital

Joyce Kee-Hsin Chen Supervisor, Dept. of Nursing

Executive Secretary, EB-KTC Taipei Medical University-Wan Fang Medical Center

The barriers preventing us from timely updating knowledge

• Too much information!

• Too busy! No time!

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• What are your searching strategies to update your clinical knowledge?

• How to put evidence in practice? • What is the need/difficulty in updating

knowledge?

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Are they Quick & Correct Ways?

Some Tips

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Easy & Free way – My NCBI

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Register a “My NCBI” account

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Update of new search results via E-mail automatically!

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Unlimited power of Social Network

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The most impact blog/ facebook in Taiwan EBM society More than 2 million visitors!

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Translate knowledge to action

The First Step: Journal Club

Systems Synopsis Synthesis

Mega-Search Subject Study

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• What are your searching strategies to update your clinical knowledge?

• How to put evidence in practice? • What is the need/difficulty in updating

knowledge?

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Journal clubs

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Shorten the Gap between Evidence and Application!

Evid Based Med. 2006;11:162-4

The paths from research to improved health outcomes

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• What are your searching strategies to update your clinical knowledge?

• How to put evidence in practice? • What is the need/difficulty in updating

knowledge?

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Language Barrier

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