PAS 5302 - Evidence-based Medicine and Research: Home

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• organizing and providing access to information resources, both on-site and through remote access, and
• promoting the necessary conditions for their effective use, organization, and maintenance.

Its secondary mission is to provide the same services to residents of the Eastern Oklahoma region.

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Welcome to the Course Guide for PAS 5302 - Evidence-based Medicine and Research!

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At the end of this library instruction:

1. The student will be able to identify research sources and services available through the library.
2. The student will be able to find and access relevant database resources.
3. The student will be able to identify search terms and perform a directed, exhaustive literature search.
4. The student will be able to utilize Boolean logic and filters for limiting their search results.

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CLASS DESCRIPTION: Students learn methods to search, interpret and critically evaluate medical literature, including its application to individualized patient care. Using common medical databases to access medical literature, students develop critical, current and operational knowledge of new medical findings required for the prevention and treatment of disease. Topics include a review of basic statistics and their application to evidence-based theory pertaining to epidemiology, public health and the practice of clinical medicine. Students analyze framing of research questions, sampling methods, interpretation of basic biostatistical methods and the limits of medical research.

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