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HuBio 590, Fall 2008
Medical Information for Decision Making (MIDM)

All lectures are in T-435. Click here to find your small group room, leader(s) and fellow group members. Complete course syllabus includes a section with the content outline for each lecture including goals of related small group session.

Note: links to slides, assignments, and useful links will be put up as the class progresses. These will expand on the content outline in the syllabus.

Lecture
Slides
Assignments to Prepare for Small Group
Useful
Links
Part I: Medical Information and Medical Decision Making
Part II: Statistics 101
Lecture Tue Oct 21 1:30-2:30
Intro
&
Stats


1) No assignment for small group session #1 Tue Oct 21 2:40-3:20
2) Assignment for small group session #2 on Wed Oct 22 2:00-2:50:
Formulating a searchable question

1) JAMA 1992 EBM Article
2) JAMA 2008 EBM Article
3) ACP Stats Primer
4) Interactive On-Line Stats Book
Finding Medical Information in a Clinical Context
Lecture Wed Oct 22 3:00-3:50
Searching for Information Assignment for Small Group #3: Mon Oct 27 2:00-2:50: Searching for information using PPICOS
1) Care Provider Toolkit
2) Evidence Based Practice
3) EBP Tools
4) Resources used in 10/22 lecture
Assessing a Document on Treatment
Lecture Mon Oct 27 3:00-3:50
Treatment
Assignment for Small Group #4: Wed Oct 29 2:00-2:50: Assessing a Document on Treatment
No links
Assessing a Document on Diagnosis
Lecture Wed Oct 29 3:00-3:50
Diagnosis
Assignment for Small Group #5: Mon Nov 3 2:00-2:50: Assessing a Document on Diagnosis 1) Bayes Theorem
Assessing Multiple Studies
Lecture Mon Nov 3 3:00-3:50
Multiple Studies
Assignment for Small Group #6: Wed Nov 5 2:00-2:50: Assessing Multiple Studies 1) BMJ Updates
2) Cochrane
Applying MIDM Concepts in the Real World
Lecture Wed Nov 5 3:00-3:50
Real World
No small group
1) MIDM in a Nutshell document
Final Exam

Final exam will be available from 5P Wed Nov 5th and due 5P Wed Nov 12th. Click here to access exam



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 Last Updated:
10/28/08

Contact the instructor at: pth@u.washington.edu