Web based course for empowered prostate cancer patients

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Course Objectives:

Our

goals in this course are to provide consumer advocates with the tools they need

to:

Successfully navigate the world of medical

information,

Critically appraise research

studies,

Influence the creation of

responsible public policy in healthcare, and

Help the people they serve to make

healthcare choices based on the best available evidence.

Course

Description:

In these six modules, we will illustrate key concepts with compelling

real-world examples, covering the following topics and issues:

Module 1. INTRO: What is evidence-based

healthcare and why is it important?

Module 2. ASK: The importance of

research questions in evidence based healthcare.

Module 3. ALIGN: Research design,

bias and levels of evidence.

Module 4. ACQUIRE: Searching for

healthcare information. Assessing harms and benefits.

Module 5. APPRAISE: Behind the

numbers: Understanding healthcare statistics. Science, speed and the

search for best evidence.

Module 6: APPLY: Critical appraisal

and making better decisions for evidence-based healthcare, Determining

causality.

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