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Instructional Level: Intermediate

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Course Outline:

Hour 1

  • Define Peer Review
  • Identify popular literature and propaganda
  • Define forms of research
  • Provide examples of formats 

Hour 2

  • Illustrate examples of opinion surveys
  • Critique empirical data
  • Define quantities of mean, median and mode

Hour 3

  • Perform calculations for several sets of data
  • Examine results and discuss process

Hour 4

  • Discussion of key constituents and characteristics
  • Enumeration of critical thinking skills

Author

James G. Menz, MS, LMT, CSCS

Health Professionals, Here's How to Understand Research

Health Professionals, Here's How to Understand Research

4 Hours Instructional Level: Intermediate
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Description:

This course will help healthcare professionals learn how to understand research. By completing this course, the participant will gain knowledge in distinguishing credible information from propaganda, and elucidate some of the intimidating terms which often accompany informative writing. The course includes a clear, user-friendly clarification of the terms used in statistics, as well as concise definitions of the key components of a scientific study. Concluding with a succinct didactic on the importance of critical thinking, the course will greatly enhance the participant’s ability to analyze and interpret various forms of research.

Full Course Description
This course will help healthcare professionals learn how to understand research. By completing this course, the participant will gain knowledge in distinguishing credible information from propaganda, and elucidate some of the intimidating terms which often accompany informative writing. The course includes a clear, user-friendly clarification of the terms used in statistics, as well as concise definitions of the key components of a scientific study. Concluding with a succinct didactic on the importance of critical thinking,...

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional in skills of reading, comprehending, interpreting and implementing information.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Recognize professional Information Literacy
  2. Recognize Qualitative and Quantitative research
  3. Identify Objective from Subjective data
  4. Identify the measures of central tendency
  5. Select key components of the Scientific Method
  6. Identify vital elements of Critical Thinking

 

Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

This course is intended to instruct the professional in skills of reading, comprehending, interpreting and implementing information.

Professional Objectives:

  1. Recognize professional Information Literacy
  2. Recognize Qualitative and Quantitative research
  3. Identify Objective from Subjective data
  4. Identify the measures of central tendency
  5. Select key components of the Scientific Method
  6. Identify vital elements of Critical Thinking

 

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Contact Hours: 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Massage Therapist.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – xxxxxx is employed by xxxxxx and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

Disclosures:

SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND 

"Seminar-On-Demand" course are streamed on your web browser if the online version if purchased. Our SODs are optimized for the most current versions of Safari, Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. All SOD courses are mobile ready.

Contact Hours: 4 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Massage Therapist.

Instructional Level: Intermediate

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial – xxxxxx is employed by xxxxxx and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

Cancellation Policy: For activity cancellation, returns, or complaint resolution, please contact us by email help@homeceu.com or by phone at 1.800.55.4CEUS (2387). We have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Refunds will be issued for courses that have not been completed (exam not taken), or for any course that has been rejected by your board of approval. Webinar attendance must be canceled 24 hours before the scheduled start time.

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