Second Annual
2003 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice 
Best Practice: Improving Quality



Institute Agenda

THURSDAY, July 10, 2003
7:30-8:30
On-Site Registration, Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:30
Welcome and Overview of Institute

Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN
Professor and Director
Academic Center for Evidence-Based Nursing
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

8:30-9:00

Opening Remarks
Best Practice-Improving Quality through EBP

Steven A. Wartman, MD, PhD
Professor, Executive Vice President for Academic and Health Affairs and Dean, School of Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

9:00-10:00

Keynote
Crossing the Quality Chasm by Taking Evidence to the Bedside

Terry Clemmer, MD
Director, Critical Care Medicine,
LDS Hospital
Intermountain Health Care
Salt Lake City, Utah
Reviewer, Institute of Medicine Report:
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century

10:00-10:30
Exhibits and Break
10:30-11:45

Evidence-Based Practice Made Easy: The ACE Star Model

Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN

11:45-1:00
Luncheon, Poster viewing, Exhibits
1:00-2:15

Improving Clinical Care through EBP: Exemplars

Exemplars of EBP process applied to specific clinical care:

a) Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in ICU
Lt. Col. Theresa Dremsa, RN, PhD,
Director of Research, 59th Clinical
Research Squadron,
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Robert J. O'Connell, MD, Capt., USAF MC
Staff, Infectious Disease
Wilford Hall Medical Center
Richard S. Conte, Major, USAF, NC,
Flight Commander,
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Susan F. Dukes, Captain, USAF, NC,
CNS, Critical Care
Kathy Walbourn,
Critical Care Coordinator
Loren M. Overby, MSGT, USAF,
NCOIC, Pulmonary Inpatient Services
b) Hypertension Management
Oralia V. Bazaldua, Pharm D, BCPS,
Clinical Associate Professor,
Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
Alicia Reese, Pharm D, BCPS,
Clinical Instructor,
College of Pharmacy,
The University of Texas at Austin
c) End of Life Care
Karin Kirchhoff, RN, PhD, FAAN,
Rodefer Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Nursing
d) Pain Management
Pain Management Team
e) Cancer Care
Children's Cancer Research Institute
2:15-2:45
Poster Viewing, Exhibits & Break
2:45-4:00

Improving Clinical Care through EBP: Exemplars
Repeat of previous concurrent sessions

4:00-5:30

Reception
Attended Poster Presentations

TOURS, DINNER AND TOURING ON YOUR OWN

FRIDAY, July 11, 2003
7:30-8:30
Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30

Ecology of Evidence: Integrating Best Practice with Patients, Providers, and Systems

Robert L. Ferrer, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Family and Community Medicine
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

9:30-10:00

Poster Viewing, Exhibits, & Break
Poster Viewing Summer Institute Award Recipients

10:00-11:30

Finding the Evidence-Who Can Help?
Your Federal Agencies @ Your Service

Jean Slutsky, PA, MSPH
Project Officer, National Guideline and Measures Clearinghouses
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

11:30-12:45

Lunch
Poster Viewing, Exhibits

12:45-1:45

Finding the Evidence-Who Can Help?
Your Professional Association @ Your Service

Karen Kelly-Thomas, RN, PhD, FAAN
Director, Research, Education, and Publications
Association for Women’s Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nursing,
Washington, DC

1:45-2:00
Poster Viewing, Exhibits, & Break
2:00-3:00

EBP in your Institution:
QUERI–A National Health Care System Perspective

Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD
Professor and Director of the Veterans Evidence-based Research, Dissemination, and Implementation Center (VERDICT), South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division and UTHSCSA School of Medicine

3:00-4:00

EBP in your Institution: Clarion: A Private Healthcare Corporation Perspective

Karlene Kerfoot, PhD, RN, CNAA, FAAN
Senior Vice President for Nursing and Patient Care Services and Chief Nurse Executive
Clarion Health Partners, Inc

TOURS, DINNER AND TOURING ON YOUR OWN

SATURDAY, July 12, 2003
7:30-8:30 Continental Breakfast
8:30-9:30 Concurrent Sessions
a) Keeping Evidence Organized: EndNote® Solutions
Karin Kirchhoff, RN, PhD, FAAN
b) Teaching EBP and Making It Fun
Oralia V. Bazaldua, Pharm D, BCPS and Robert W. Parker, Clinical Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UTHSCSA
c) Establishing EBP Performance Competencies
Marthe Moseley, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care, South Texas Veterans Healthcare System, Audie L. Murphy Division
d) Clinical Experts and Professional Organizations: Partners in Improving Quality through EBP
Gail A. Mallory, PhD, RN, CNAA, Director of Research and
Judith A. DePalma, PhD, RN, Senior Research Associate, Oncology Nursing Society
9:30-9:45 Break
9:45-10:45

EBP Across the Nation
Podium Presentations of Selected Abstracts

10:45-11:45

Closing Keynote
Being Accountable for Quality, Out-comes & Cost: Our Changing Climate

Harold L. Timboe, MD, MPH
Major General (Ret.) Army
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

11:45-12:15

Summary and Evaluation
Kathleen R. Stevens, RN, EdD, FAAN