Level: Beginning+
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $285 (nonmember, $335)
Attendance Maximum: 22

Instructor(s): Nancy Allee, AHIP, deputy director, Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and Kristine Alpi, AHIP, associate library director and lecturer in public health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Offered: Wednesday, May 23, 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

Get an introduction to evidence-based public health and an overview of resources available for evidence-based public health practice that will develop into a foundation of knowledge. Case studies based on real public health questions will bring the participants face-to-face with a variety of resources. Critical appraisal of public health literature will build participants' confidence by evaluating the results of their searches and applying information to public health decision making.