This document summarizes a presentation on leveraging internet technologies and web 2.0 tools to address barriers to evidence-based practice. It discusses how RSS feeds, aggregators, advanced searching, blogging, wikis and other collaborative web tools can help practitioners efficiently gather and share information to incorporate evidence into practice. Examples are provided for how different users like clinicians, students and clinic managers could apply these technologies.

1. Leveraging Internet Technologies as Elegant Solutions to Painful Processes. Eric Robertson, PT, DPT Medical College of Georgia Tim Noteboom, PT, PhD Regis University AAOMPT 2008 Breakout Session

6. Sackett, D.L. et al. (1996) Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn't. BMJ 312 (7023), 13 January, 71-72).

16. Adapted from Wikipedia.com: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_2.0 Use Role Example Users Staying Informed Stay up to date on latest developments in a field RSS, Podcasts, Search Tools Health Professionals, Public Education Delivery of professional and continuing education E-Learning, Web Seminars, Distance-based, podcasts Health Professionals Collaboration and Practice Decision making in daily practice, collaborative research Wikis, literature searches, shared documents Health Professionals Managing a Condition Information related to condition and treatment options Multiple Public

24. Search by Relevance!

38. NYT has tons of feeds!

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58. Let’s give a try….. Clinician @ AAOMPT : “I’m thinking about attending a breakout session by Steven George. I wonder what research he has published? Evidence at your Fingertips Geek : “Great idea…why don’t you pop into PubMed , search for his publications, and then download what you are interested into Zotero so you can view them during his talk and then share with your co-worker next week as a thank you for treating your patients while you were at AAOMPT?” Clinician @ AAOMPT : “Huh?”

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