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Evidence-Based Practice Symposium

Event details

Date: April 27, 2026
Time: 6:00 PM-8:30 PM
Location: On Campus, Center for Health Sciences Education
Address: Center for Health Sciences Education, 1320 W. Lombard Street, Davenport, IA 5280
Three students work on PT techniques at St. Ambrose University.

About this Event

This event is free and provides 3 contact hours of continuing education.

Open to PT and PTAs only
This course will provide an overview of utilizing evidence based physical therapy practice in the clinical environment. Critically appraising evidence about interventions and the integration of evidence with clinical expertise and patient values and beliefs will be explored in a series of clinical case studies.


Upon competition of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Enhance their critical appraisal skills and ability to evaluate evidence for quality and potential biases regarding interventions used in clinical practice.
2. Integrate the latest evidence-based research regarding interventions, diagnosis, prognosis, or issues of harm into clinical practice.
3. Translate high-quality evidence into their clinical practice to optimize patient outcomes by balancing their clinical expertise, the best available research, and individual patient needs, beliefs, and values.

Additional Info

Doors Open: 5:30 p.m. Capacity is limited to 100 seats. Once capacity is reached and/or registration is closed, walk-ins will not be accepted.

Registration closes on Thursday, April 23, 2026


Contact:

Robert (Bob) Wiederien, PT, DPT
Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist Instructor
Physical Therapy Department
563-333-6379
pt@sau.edu

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