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What is evidence-based decision-making, and why is it important for healthcare organizations? Check out the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation for resources at http://www.chsrf.ca/knowledge_transfer/tools_e.php
2. Find an example of a medical or nursing clinical practice guideline. Go to the Canadian Medical Association Infobase at http://mdm.ca/cpgsnew/cpgs/index.asp
or to Nursing Best Practice Guidelines from the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario at http://www.rnao.org/Page.asp?PageID=861&SiteNodeID=133
3. Who funds Canadian research and what are current hot topics? Check out Canadian Institutes of Health Research http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html
4. Who are famous current researchers in your city? What kind of research do they do? Are the results of their research used in practice? For an example, check out information from the University of Ottawa about Dr. Nancy Edwards Director of the Community Health Research Unit. Dr. Edwards is a winner of the researcher of the year award at the University of Ottawa, and a YMCA-YWCA woman of distinction award for research about fall prevention, maternal morbidity and mortality in China, and international HIV AIDS work: http://aix1.uottawa.ca/%7Enedwards/chru/
5. What is a good source of information for my patients or families to make decisions about their health issues? What is a decision aid? Check out examples for breast cancer or end-of-life treatments at Patient Decision-Aids: http://www.ohri.ca/DecisionAid/
