Decoding Science and Research
Navigating and Using Scientific Literature for Better Patient Care
Get ready to take your research-reading skills to the next level! In this engaging course, healthcare clinicians will learn how to make the most of their precious time when reading research. We'll take you through the need-to-know aspects of statistics, help you understand the philosophy of science, and encourage you to explore your own beliefs.
With guided activities, you'll get hands-on practice applying your new knowledge and developing the skills you need to confidently evaluate research studies. By the end of the course, you'll have a solid foundation for identifying high-quality research - identifying the bullshit, understanding statistical analyses, and critically appraising research studies.
What sets this course apart is our focus on putting what you learn into practice. We'll help you develop the skills you need to apply research findings to your everyday work and provide the best possible care to your patients. This course is the perfect way to boost your research-reading skills and take your clinical practice to the next level!
The three core outcomes you can expect to gain:
1. Develop your ability to critically appraise research articles and understand the importance of good philosophy of science, statistics, and evidence-based medicine in healthcare.
2. Enhance your ability to locate and access relevant literature and understand the different strategies for obtaining full-text papers.
3. Explore personal and collective biases and strategies to overcome them while appraising research papers and applying research findings in clinical practice.
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Curriculum
What you'll learn in this course
- Understand the resources and expectations of the course.
- Contrast modern philosophy of evidence-based medicine to historical interpretations.
- Set-up Google Scholar to maximise ability to find full-text papers.
- Apply different strategies to obtain full-text literature.
- Understand the concept of conjecture and refutation.
- Understand the importance of falsification.
- Delineate between inductive and deductive reasoning.
- Contrast the philosophies of rationalism and empiricism.
- Identify the traits of good and bad explanations.
- Understand the importance of theory and theory-ladenness.
- Identify the hallmarks of sound and valid arguments.
- Identify the features of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis.
- Define and understand the concepts of validity, reliability, distribution, sample size and sampling.
- Interpret common types of analysis, such as T-tests and ANOVA’s
- Understand and interpret correlations, effect sizes, p-values, and confidence intervals.
- Analyse odds ratios, relative risk ratios, and forest plots.
- Evaluate sensitivity versus specificity and number needed to treat.
- Identify and avoid predatory journals.
- Understand the importance of qualitative research.
- Identify strategies to explore our own and others' epistemology (how we know what we know) through conversation.
- Understand how to use a supplied tool to appraise research papers.
- Appraise two research papers using the research appraisal tool
- Provide feedback on the course and upload workbook for review.
6+ hours of content (lectures, quizzes, and activities) that'll fast track your career!
Gain access to all lectures, learning resources, further readings, podcasts, and exclusive content. This course attracts a content implementation session (worth $190) with one of our team members who will ensure you maximise what you get out of your course and ensure you keep moving forward!
What others are saying:
"I HIGHLY recommend this for EVERYONE, regardless of your current ability to interpret research - such a good baseline for understanding and delving into science and philosophy. Definitely made me a more critical and logical thinker and has significantly impacted the way I approach difficult topics with my patients and people in general. TOP course."
- Rohit, Physiotherapist
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This course is accredited for 15 ESSA CPD points or 16 hours of equivalent CPD. This course has the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) international tick of approval
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