HOME Syllabus contents: Overview of Syllabus Course Description Grading and Class Attendance Required Textbook/Readings	HuBio 590, Winter 2008 Medical Information for Decision Making (MIDM) (previously known as Critical Reading and Evaluation of the Medical Literature - CREM)
	Syllabus (download as .pdf) Instructor: Peter Tarczy-Hornoch Office: HSB I-264A Office Hours: By appointment e-mail: pth@u.washington.edu Class Meeting Times and Location: See Schedule
	Overview of Syllabus The complete syllabus contains the following sections, only some of which are on this web page: Course Description WWAMI Course Chairs Seattle Course Chair and Small Group Leads Learning Objectives Course Organization Grading and Class Attendance Required Textbook/Readings Schedule for 2008 Content outline for each of the five sessions Course Description "Introduction to methods for: a) identifying and retrieving high quality, relevant documents for clinical decision making, b) applying rigorous criteria when reading primary research studies or reviews of primary studies or other medical information sources that report on the effectiveness of therapeutic or preventive interventions. Prerequisite: First-year medical student standing." Note: This course is transitioning this year from a focus on critical reading and evaluation of the medical literature (CREM) to emphasizing finding and assessing information for medical decision making (MIDM) thus on your transcripts you will see it referred to as CREM. <-- RETURN TO TOP Grading and Class Attendance The small group meetings will build on the material presented in class. To pass the course the following is required: Attendance at all five small group sessions. If you miss a small group session then a makeup assignment will be required. Passing the final exam. This means correctly answering a minimum of 70% of the questions on the final exam. The exam is a take-home, open book, web-administered exam. It will be made available at 5P on Fri Jan 11th and must be completed by 5P Fri Jan 18th. Feel free to use any resource you would like to use for the exam (readings, textbooks, syllabus, Web sites, etc.), as you could do when taking care of patients, but please do NOT work together with another student(s) or ask someone else for an answer There are no homework assignments Required Textbook/Readings There is no required textbook for the Medical Information for Decision Making course this year. All the course material will be available on the web site.   <-- RETURN TO TOP
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