PAMS 6174 Evidence-Based Med and Research

This course will provide instruction to prepare students to search, interpret, and evaluate the medical literature as the first component of their Capstone research project. Specifically, this course will assist students in learning how to maintain and evaluate new medical findings required for the prevention and treatment of disease. Instruction for the following topics are included in this course: the framing of research questions, interpretation of basic biostatistical methods, types of sampling methods, the role of Institutional research training, research ethics, the use of common databases to access medical literature, interpreting and evaluating literature as well as discussing the limitations of medical research.

Credits

1

Distribution

Physician Assistant