Session Description: 

An evidence-based approach should permeate nursing practice. SBMF Ambulatory Clinical Education Research Club participation can increase quality improvement by using data to improve patient care by clinical educators acting as a champion of scientific inquiry facilitating evidence-based practice knowledge through a PICOT problem-solving approach. Therefore, ambulatory care education delivery integrates the best evidence from high quality studies and skills while facilitating positive attitudes among participants using a flipped format in a virtual setting.

Target Audience: 

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Other Healthcare Professionals

Learning Objectives: 

After Attending This Activity Learners Should Be Able To:

 1.Critically evaluate peer-reviewed journal articles for indications of appropriate study design and relevancy to clinical practice gaps observed in ambulatory practice settings.

2. Discuss direct application of reviewed study results with and implementation strategies collaboratively with other journal club members.

3. Assess how the considered interventions might impact cultural and linguistic factors, social determinants of health, or perceived biases in the target populations.

4. Compile a summary of recommendations based on these journal club discussions as it might apply to a PICOT problem-solving approach to quality improvement projects/programs.

Providing Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases (AB 1195 & 241):

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

• Joint Commission. (2023). Quick safety 23: Implicit bias in health care. The Joint Commission. https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/news-and-multimedia/newsletters/newsletters/quick-safety/quick-safety-issue-23-implicit-bias-in-health-care/implicit-bias-in-health-care/#:~:text=Some%20examples%20of%20how%20implicit,being%20diagnosed%20with%20breast%20cancer
• Vela, M. B., Erondu, A. I., Smith, N. A., Peek, M. E., Woodruff, J. N., & Chin, M. H. (2022). Eliminating explicit and implicit biases in health care: evidence and research needs. Annual review of public health, 43, 477-501. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-052620-103528
• Gopal, D. P., Chetty, U., O'Donnell, P., Gajria, C., & Blackadder-Weinstein, J. (2021). Implicit bias in healthcare: clinical practice, research and decision making. Future healthcare journal, 8(1), 40–48. https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2020-0233

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification:  Kerri Maya, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC