Evidence Based Health Care

The purpose of the Section on Evidence-Based Health Care is to enhance the health of the public and the quality of life of individuals through scientifically-sound, cost-effective individualized care. 

The Section was established in 2009 and has a multidisciplinary membership comprising physicians, nurses, and librarians. Section activities focus on health care supported by the best available clinical evidence allowing for engagement with health care providers, public health professionals, health care administrators, public policy makers, and health information brokers in their roles as intermediaries to patients and their families. Through established collaborations with individuals and institutions within the U.S., Canada and Brazil the section is positioned to contribute to a global urban health perspective.

One of the Section’s major initiatives has been the "Teaching Evidence Assimilation for Collaborative Healthcare" (TEACH) program, which has run annually since 2010. TEACH is for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, administrators, librarians and other health care professionals. It utilizes small group learning supplemented by plenary sessions. Attendees may enroll in one of three levels, each of which is led by internationally recognized and acclaimed faculty:

Level 1: Foundations of EBC
Level 2: Policies and Recommendations for EBC
Level 3: Implementing EBC
Note: One group within Level #2 will focus exclusively on the GRADE system

For more information on the Section on Evidence Based Health Care and the TEACH Program, visit the section’s website at www.ebmny.org.

If you would like to become a member of the Section on Evidence Based Health Care, please email ebmny@nyam.org.

Please join Guidlines International Network and the Section on Healthy Aging for the virtual conference and open space discussion: "Evidence-Based Guidelines Affecting Policy, Practice, and Stakeholders: COVID-19 and the Challenge to Guidance"

For more information and registration details please view the flyer.

Full Event Program

Section Officers

Peter C. Wyer, MD (Co-Chair)
Attending Physician
Columbia University Medical Center

Arlene Smaldone, PhD, RN (Co-Chair)
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Dental Medicine
Columbia University Medical Center

Sharron Close, PhD, MS, CPNP-PC (Secretary)
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University

Dorice L. Vieira, MLS, MA, MPH (Treasurer)
Associate Curator, Clinical Outreach and GME Librarian
New York University

See the Fellows Directory for a list of all section members.