Current Project Update on EvidenceBased Practice for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists

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Current Project Update on Evidence-Based
Practice for Speech Language Pathologists and
Audiologists

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• June 28, 2007
• Presented by
• Janene Willer, MA. CCC-SLP
• Idaho State University
• willjan1_at_isu.edu

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Objectives

• Background
• Overview
• Importance of the current project
• Strategies learned

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Background

• How to get started with this outreach project
• Build a collaborative team Team members Janene
  Willer, MA. CCC-SLP Ruiling Guo, HSL. AHIP and
  Barbara Bain, Ph.D
• Conduct a survey on needs assessment of speech
  language pathologists and audologists (This needs
  assessment survey was funded by the Regional
  Medical Library)

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Overview

• Survey findings
• 96.43 of SLP/A had no problem using computer and
  accessing the Internet. However, 86.9 reported
  that they had insufficient knowledge and skills
  in searching EBP resources.
• 47.82 of SLP/A did not know about EBP
• 52.38 of SLP/A were interested in learning EBP
  and 47.82 were interested in learning how to
  search PubMed
• Lack of time to search EBP and implement EBP

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Importance of the Current Project

• The outreach project was funded by the NLM/RML
  and our project target population was SE Idaho
• Team members Ruiling Guo, HSL, ISU and Barbara
  Bain, Ph.D
• Needs assessment of Idaho SLP/A revealed lack of
  use of evidence in TX
• Identified need for educational program in
  information resources searching and EBP

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Planning and Marketing the EBP Training Program

• Identified partners and support for workshops
  with Audiology and SLP Directors
• Visited key facilities to describe the purpose,
  content, and request topics
• Key issue scheduling best time for professionals
  to attend workshop

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Soliciting Participants

• Developed a list of interested participants from
  the Idaho Speech and Hearing Assoc
• Emailed professionals to request input on Summer
  and/or Fall workshop
• Created EBP workshop brochure and program agenda
• Follow up with phone calls and second email for
  registration
• Applied for CEUs from ASHA

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Networking/Communication with RML

• Specific suggestions and continued support for
  workshops was provided by Linda Milgrom and Cathy
  Burroughs
• Discussion of EBP with team and partners provided
  opportunities to problem solve
• Evaluated successful approaches

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Summary

• Providing two options for workshop increased
  registration to accommodate SLPs and Audiologists
• -Workshop format in 2 full days or
• -Workshop presented on 3 evenings
• Participants were asked to provide high interest
  topics
• Encouraged partners to apply the training
  workshop

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What We Have Learned

• Difficulty in recruiting the participants in
  rural areas
• Never give up
• Collaborative approach
• Be flexible
• Ask the eternal question how do you know that
  what you do works?
• Practice, practice, and practice

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What We Have Learned

• EBP in SLP and A from J. A. Logemann (2000) ASHA
  Leader
• Our professions futures depend on the
  effectiveness of our treatments, not on our
  impressions of their effectiveness

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• Questions