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Registration is Now Open!
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The 1 Annual Evidence-Based
Practice & Nursing Research
Conference presented by MUSC
Health’s Nurse Alliance EvidenceBased Practice and Research
Council in collaboration with the
Center for Evidence-Based
Practice will be held on May 1 & 2,
2015 on the campus of the
Medical University of South
Carolina in beautiful Charleston,
South Carolina.
The conference will focus on
building the foundation for
generating and integrating
research into clinical practice.
Objectives:
Participants will be able to
 Describe the relationship
between evidence-based
practice and research.
 Identify the knowledge and
skills required to integrate
clinical inquiry into their
professional practice.
The Nursing Professional Development
Department of MUSC Health is an approved
provider of nursing continuing education by the
South Carolina Nurses Association, an
accredited provider by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center's Commission on
Accreditation.
Call for Poster Abstracts
We invite proposals to present:
 Integrative literature reviews that
focus on clinical practice issues
 Strategies for implementation of
evidence-based practice changes
 Evaluation of evidence-based
practice changes
 Innovative research
designs/methodologies
 Results of clinical research
projects
Poster abstracts must adhere to
established format and submission
guidelines. For more information and
a link to the abstract submission form,
go to the conference registration site,
http://muscresearch.ezregister.com
Abstracts are due by April 1, 2015.
After a blind peer review, the primary
contact will be notified of the planning
committee’s decision by April 10,
2015. Poster presenters will be
expected to register for and attend
the conference.
Registration Fees:
Non-MUSC Employees $60
MUSC Employees
$30
Students
$30
1st Annual MUSC Health
Evidence-Based Practice and
Nursing Research Conference
Generating and
Integrating Evidence
into Clinical Practice
May 1-2, 2015
Charleston, South Carolina
presented by
Nurse Alliance EvidenceBased Practice & Research
Council
and
The Center for EvidenceBased Practice
Friday, May 1, 2015
8 – 8:45 am
Registration
Saturday, May 2, 2015
8 – 8:50 am
Welcome
9 – 10:20 am
Evidence-based Practice 101
8:50 – 9 am
Welcome
9 – 10:00 am
Keynote Session
Promoting Professional
Practice through Clinical
Inquiry
Cheryl Rodgers, PhD, RN,
CPNP, CPON
Group A: Asking the right Question
Hierarchy of evidence
Writing for impact
Group B: Searching EBP resources
Managing references
10 – 10:45 am Patient Safety &
Evidence-based
Monitoring Technologies
10:20 – 10:40 am Break
10:40 – 12 pm Evidence-based Practice 101
Group A: Searching EBP resources
Managing references
Group B:Asking the right Question
Hierarchy of evidence
Writing for impact
12 – 1 pm
Lunch
1 – 2:30 pm
Evidence-based Practice 102
Evaluate the Evidence
2:30 – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 – 4:15 pm Evidence-based Practice 103
Disseminate the Evidence
Presenters:
Elizabeth Crabtree, MPH, PHD(c)
Emily Brennan, MLIS
To register, go to:
http://muscresearch.ezregister.com
Registration
Continental Breakfast
Continental Breakfast
8:45 – 9 am
Keynote Speaker
Michael Becker, RN, PhD
10:45 – 11:15 am Break, Posters, &
Exhibitors
11:15 – 12:15 pm Research A to Z
Kelechi, Teresa, PhD, RN,
FAAN
12:15 – 1 pm
Lunch
1 – 2:00 pm
Facilitating Clinical
Research: The SC Clinical
& Translational Research
(SCTR) Institute
Karen E. Packard, MSN, RN,
AOCN, CCRP
2:00 – 2:45 pm Break, Posters, &
Exhibitors
Dr. Cheryl Rodgers joined Duke
University’s School of Nursing in
2013. She has extensive clinical
and research experience among
pediatric bone marrow transplant
patients and continues to develop
her program of research, exploring
symptom management strategies.
2:45 – 3:30 pm Journey from Research to
Practice – a Clinical
Scholars Experience
Deidra Huckabee, MSN, RN,
CCRN
3:30 – 4:15 pm Show & Tell
Cameron Mitchum, MSN, RN,
CCRN
4:15 – 4:30 pm Closing and Evaluation
Dr. Rodgers currently serves as
the Evidence-Based Practice
Chair and is a member of the
Nursing Discipline Steering
Committee within the Children’s
Oncology Group.