Within the context of public health, evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) is the process of finding, distilling and disseminating the best available evidence from research, context and experience, and using that evidence to inform and improve public health practice and policy. It involves assessing the quality of the research evidence you find, applying the best available evidence to your question, problem or issue, and evaluating its impact on practice. Developed by Health EvidenceTM, the Evidence-Informed Decision Making Checklist helps public health professionals succinctly document how you and/or your team worked through the EIDM process so you can share that information with senior management. Having a Checklist on file can help your organization implement the results of your evidence. The fillable checklist includes such critical elements as: •Was a clear answerable search question developed? •Was a comprehensive search strategy employed to find the best available evidence to address this question? •Was quality assessment conducted on relevant evidence? •What were the results of the review of the evidence? The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada and affiliated with McMaster University. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of the Public Health Agency of Canada. NCCMT is one of six National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) for Public Health. The Centres promote and improve the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices and policies in Canada.

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Evidence-Informed Decision Making
Checklist from Health EvidenceTM
Presenters:
Donna Ciliska, RN, PhD
January 27, 2016
1:00 – 2:30 PM ET

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Presenter
Donna Ciliska, RN, PhD
Senior Knowledge Translation
Advisor
National Collaborating Centre
for Methods and Tools
McMaster University

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Making Checklist
Donna Ciliska, RN, PhD
Senior Knowledge Translation Advisor,
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools, and
Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing
McMaster University

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Poll Question #4
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Informed Decision Making Checklist
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What is Evidence Informed
Decision Making?

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Steps in the process of Evidence-
Informed Public Health

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NCCMT Registry http://www.nccmt.ca/resources/registry
Health Evidence
http://healthevidence.org/practice-tools.aspx#PT1
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Whose job is it to do evidence-informed
decision making at your workplace?
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D. Specialists/Epidemiologist/Librarians
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Poll Question #8
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Contextualizing Guidelines Workbook
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