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C-I-S: Physician Assistants

THER1-PA Evaluating, Understanding, and Applying Results of Research Studies (PA006-THER1)


Description
This module explains how to evaluate research of a therapy for its relevance to you and its validity, interpret the results, and make treatment decisions.
Content
  • Welcome
  • Welcome
  • Objectives
  • The Usefulness Equation
  • Determining Relevance of Information
  • The Three Questions to Determine Relevance
  • Example of Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters
  • Threats to Validity: Study setting
  • Threats to Validity: Study setting
  • Threats to Validity: Randomization
  • Revisiting the Hierarchy of Evidence
  • Non-Random Thoughts on Randomization
  • The Importance of Randomization
  • Threats to Validity: Concealed Allocation, Masking, and The Compliance Effect
  • Anatomy of a Clinical Study
  • What is concealed Allocation?
  • The Effect of Not Concealing Allocation
  • The Effect of Not Concealing Allocation, Part 2
  • Masking: The Outcome Assessor
  • Masking (Blinding) a Study
  • The Adherence (Compliance) Effect
  • Threats To Validity: Accounting for Participants
  • How to Account for All Patients in a Study
  • Ways of Accounting for Dropouts in a Study
  • On Protocol vs Intention-to-Treat Analysis
  • Making Decisions About Medications: The STEP Approach
  • Choosing The Best Medicine: The STEPS Approach
  • Example: STEPS in Action
  • Wrap-Up
  • Dave and Allen Unplugged: The Latest Study
  • Wrap-Up and A Moment for Reflection
  • Assessment
  • Assessment THER1
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
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