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Session 1: Assessment of Current Practices
What is Assessment and How is it Used in Practice?
Joseph J. Sistino MS, MPA, CCP
Mechanisms for Assessing: Electronic vs. Paper Databases
Robert C. Groom, MS, CCP
Current Guidelines for Perfusion
Kenneth G. Shann, CCP
How Current Practice Fares Against the Guidelines
Donald S. Likosky, PhD
Guidelines vs. Current Practice
Timothy A. Dickinson, MS
Session 2: Evidence-Based Medicine 101
David J. Rosinski, CCP
Hierarchy of Literature and Guidelines
Alfred H. Stammers, MSA, CCP
Evidence-Based Medicine in the Literature: It’s Easy, Right?
Donald S. Likosky, PhD
EBM: Coming to Your Practice, Like Now
Robert C. Groom, MS, CCP
Clinical Practice Guidelines and EBM
Jeffrey B. Riley, MHPE, CCT
Incorporating EBM into Your Practice
David J. Rosinski, CCP
Session 3: Experiential vs. Evidence-Based Medicine
Discerning Fact from Contrafaction: What One Needs to Know to Say No
Alfred H. Stammers, MSA, CCP
Limitations and Conundrums: What to do in the Absence of Definitive Studies
Joseph J. Sistino MS, MPA, CCP
Session 4: International Quality Improvement Symposium
no abstracts available
Session 5: Successful Implementation of Perfusion Quality Initiatives
Jeffrey B. Riley, MHPE, CCT
Microsystems: Theory and Practice
Donald S. Likosky, PhD
Theory in Practice: The Geisinger Experience
Alfred H. Stammers, MSA, CCP
Theory in Practice: The
Robert C. Groom, MS, CCP
Theory in Practice: The Flinders Medical Centre Experience
Robert A. Baker, PhD, CCP (Aust)
Session 6: Developing Guidelines: Steps in the Process
Rules and Process: Setting the Guideline in Motion
Donald S. Likosky, PhD
Session 7: Tricks of the Trade
The Tricks in Practice: Working on the Patient Level
Donald S. Likosky, PhD
The Tricks in Practice: Working on the Programmatic Level
Robert C. Groom, MS, CCP
The Tricks in Practice: Fresenius Experience
Timothy A. Dickinson, MS