title: Teaching Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine in the US and Canada.
abstract: There is no comprehensive review of the extent to which evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) is taught in AVMA-accredited colleges of veterinary medicine in the US and Canada. We surveyed teaching faculty and librarians at these institutions to determine what EBVM skills are currently included in curricula, how they are taught, and to what extent librarians are involved in this process. Librarians appear to be an underused resource, as 59% of respondents did not use librarians/library resources in teaching EBVM. We discovered that there is no standard teaching methodology nor are there common learning activities for EBVM among our survey respondents, who represent 22 institutions. Respondents reported major barriers to inclusion such as a perceived shortage of time in an already-crowded course of study and a lack of high-quality evidence and point-of-care tools. Suggestions for overcoming these barriers include collaborating with librarians and using new EBVM online teaching resources.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shurtz
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fajt
authors.forename: Erla P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Heyns
authors.forename: Hannah F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weingart
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003479:Curriculum; D004520:Education, Veterinary / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D014730:Veterinary Medicine
keywords: evidence-based veterinary medicine; information resources in veterinary medicine; instruction; literature searching; skills; veterinary medical librarians