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Subject: conference on teaching ebm/ websites/ sources of materials/ collaboration/ & CATs (or Pearls) From: Martin Dawes (martin.dawes@public health.oxford.ac.uk) Date: 22 May 2000 - 11:28 BST

The first shot

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Possibly in Europe,

ideally in Italy,

it would be fantastic in Sicily!

My proposal was…

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Today's EBHC conference

through 6 previous

memorable Sicilian editions

Do you remember…?

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

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2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2013 2015

Countries Attendees

108 delegates from 25 countries

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10 7

3 3

2 2

31

Physicians Nurses Physiotherapists

Pharmacists Occupational Therapists Biomedical Librarians

Administrative Staff Other

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Australia 7 Malta 2

Austria 1 Netherlands 10

Brazil 2 New Zealand 2

Canada 10 Norway 3

Czech Republic 2 Qatar 1

Denmark 1 Saudi Arabia 1

Germany 1 South Africa 3

Ireland 2 Spain 4

Israel 2 Sweden 9

Italy 16 Switzerland 1

Jordan 1 UK 20

South Korea 2 USA 5

Lebanon 1

• The sustainability of health systems is

a great challenge all over the world

• Health systems have 5 outstanding

problems, that can not be solved by

increasing financial resources

• Variation in utilization of health care services

• Patient harm from overdiagnosis and overtreatment

• Inequity from underuse of high value health services

• Failure to prevent diseases

• Waste

5 outstanding problems

Muir Gray JA. Offox Press Ltd, 2012

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Inadequate processes of evidence generation,

synthesis, presentation and translation

Waste in healthcare due to overuse, underuse

and misuse of drugs, diagnostic tests

and other health interventions

Gaps between research and practice

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• Evidence should inform all healthcare

decisions at every level: patients,

healthcare professionals and policy-makers

• Cuts-based programs to contain costs

should be replaced by evidence-informed

strategies to reduce waste and increase

value of healthcare

The aim of the Conference is to promote

an evidence-based approach to healthcare

to increase value and reduce waste

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This is your multicolour schedule…

Beware of using appropriately your unscheduled night time

We will not…

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Wishing you a great EBHC 2015!

• Share

• Learn

• Create

• Enjoy!

Will be thinking of you all

Looking forward to seeing you in

teleconference!

Paul Glasziou #ebhc2015

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The visible GIMBE’s staff

The hidden GIMBE’s staff

Roberto Francesco

Your "first welcome" assistants

Deborah & Angela

Caparena Hotel

From management to staff

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Thanks to Giant among giants

Welcome to Sicily

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Do you know the perfect equation in the intriguing world of evidence-based…?

EBM: = EBHC:

• Muir recently tweeted about himself as

the Don Quixote of the NHS: his target is

not windmills, but sloppy thinking.

• As chief knowledge officer of the NHS his

job was defined by what he does:

promoting improved care by the better

use of evidence.

Who's Muir Gray?

Because obesity, he claims…

is a walking deficiency syndrome

Why "evangelist for walking"?