No Corporate Veil Covering Clinical Practice Guidelines!

Presenter Information

Karin Bennedsen, Kennesaw State UniversityFollow

Presentation Type

Presentation

Location

Zoom.

Start Date

23-10-2023 1:00 PM

End Date

23-10-2023 1:45 PM

Description

Whether working in a clinical setting, as a researcher, or as a student in a health science field, there may come a time when you will need to find clinical practice guidelines. At that point you may wonder, where do they come from, how do I find them, and how do I decide their reliability when I do find them? To begin answering these questions, it’s good to know that most clinical practice guidelines are readily accessible through open access platforms and not hidden behind corporate veils. This facilitates the application of evidence-based medicine across communities, assuring the best medical practices can be used for everyone.

In this presentation you’ll get a general idea of what goes into a clinical practice guideline, who develops them, how they are compiled, ways to search for various guidelines, and how to assess them to determine validity.

Author Bios

Karin Bennedsen, MLIS, AHIP, Karin is a Research Support Librarian at Kennesaw State University. As the liaison librarian to the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services, she teaches database searching and assists with finding appropriate research tools for both students and faculty. Her research interests are in consumer health information and research data management, though this is a new area she is learning more about in hopes of supporting the research community of Kennesaw State University.

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