What is NEW on the ADA Evidence Analysis Library®?

This page highlights recently published content on the American Dietetic Association Evidence Analysis Library (updated July 23, 2010).

New! Guideline Briefs are intended to briefly highlight the recommendations and algorithms in the guidelines to provide some insight into how these may be used in practice. Each Brief is about 10 minutes in length and provides an audio/video tutorial.

New Content in these Evidence Analysis Projects:

Sodium

HIV/AIDS and Nutrition

Chronic Kidney Disease

Link to New Questions in left menu bar

Click on the New Questions link in the left menu bar to view a list of questions published in the past 30 days. (updated daily)

• Note - the "New Questions" link is only accessible to ADA members and EAL Subscribers.

On the EAL	Number Published: 4/16/09	Number Published 07/22/10
Questions*	825	919
Worksheets	3319	4192

*A question consists of the evidence analysis question, the conclusion statement and grade, evidence summary and overview table (as appropriate), quality ratings summary, search plan & results, and bibliography with worksheets linked to the summary.

Recent Guidelines:

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline (published July 2010)

Unintended Weight Loss (UWL) in Older Adults Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline (published October 2009).

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline (published June 2009)

Resources:

EAL Tutorial - Free

The online EAL Tutorial has been launched in the Professional Development section of ADA's website. Click here to go to the EAL Tutorial which has four 10 minute modules that explain how to use the American Dietetic Association Evidence Analysis Library. Registered Dietitians can receive 1 CPE credit for completing the EAL Tutorial.

EAL Educator Modules

• Available for purchase on the online EAL Store for $50. This purchase price includes student access to the EAL for three weeks.
• Click here for additional information about Educator Modules
  • The newest EAL Educator Module is on the topic of Diabetes

The Evidence Analysis Library Educator Module is designed to save educators time and includes the following content:

• Overview and instructions for navigating the EAL
• Student assignments including case studies and questions for classroom discussion or take-home exam
• Graduate or advanced assignment on evaluating a research article using the evidence-analysis process
• Grading key for both assignments

EAL^® Projects

• Click here to view a list of the current EAL^® projects.