This all-day event will feature an array of speakers on the leading edge of evidence-informed CAM. 
Early Bird rate $100; student rate $85.

Speakers and topics include:

Marja Verhoef, PhD (keynote speaker), Canada Research Chair in Complementary Medicine. Evidence for CAM Interventions: In the Eye of the Beholder?

Judy Seidel, PhD, Researcher, Calgary Health Region. What Constitutes “Evidence,” and How Does Evidence Apply to CAM?

Steven Aung, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the University of Alberta, and a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner. Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Biomedicine In Clinical Practice and Teaching

Linda E. Carlson, PhD, R.Psych, Enbridge Endowed Research Chair, Psychosocial Oncology, University of Calgary. Creating the Evidence Base: Challenges in Conducting Research on the Efficacy of Mind-Body Interventions

Margaret Sampson, MLIS, Librarian at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. CAM Systematic Reviews: The Cochrane Approach to Finding and Synthesizing Evidence

Panel discussion by publishers of web-based CAM information, focusing on the information needs of CAM practitioners.

This symposium is hosted jointly by the Southern Alberta Health Libraries Association, the Health Knowledge Network, and the Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association.

Information/registration: www.nahla.ca/Getting_It_Right.html