Researchers report that older adults who slept more than 8 hours a night were 46% more likely to suffer strokes and that families who hand-wash the dishes are about 40% less likely to develop allergies. What is the evidence? This webinar will take the headlines promoting new research findings and explain the study designs behind them.

*This webinar can be applied toward the MLA Consumer Health Information Specialization.

Registration Information

• Length: 1.5 hour recordaed webinar
• Technical information: You will receive a link to the program and the participant's manual after registration.
• Cost:
  
  • Individuals: $59 (nonmembers, $99)
• Register, participate, and earn 1.5 MLA continuing education (CE) contact hours.

Presenter:

Connie Schardt, AHIP, FMLA, retired as the associate director for research & education for the Medical Center Library & Archives at Duke University in 2013. She is currently adjunct faculty at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, where she teaches an online course: Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and the Medical Librarian. Since 2008, she has been a codirector of the three-day workshop, Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Librarians, which is now held in Denver, CO. Schardt also codirects the annual Australian Evidence Based Practice Librarians’ Institute, a three-day workshop for medical librarians.