New health evidence keeps appearing in the press almost every day, with the result that a lot of people just stop believing any of it because it is hard to know what is genuine and inportant and what is a load of guff.
There is a FREE online course (Duration: 4 weeks, 3 hours per week) starting on 26th September on futurelearn. You can watch at your own speed, and follow links to extra info or not as you wish. No exams! No written essays, but a chance to take part in forums if you want to.
www.futurelearn.com/courses/informed-health-consumer
It promises to tackle such questions as " . . how do we find the evidence we need and, more importantly, how do we judge how good that evidence is?
Over four weeks, this free online course will:
look at what factors make some evidence less reliable;
provide practical help on how to find the best evidence;
improve your understanding health research and its terminology; and
give you some simple tools to help judge whether you can believe it.
The issues raised in this course are examined in a series of weekly case studies. These provide a framework to discuss wider issues in health research. Topics include the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine, the use of drugs in pregnancy and the impact of dehydration on how well we function."
Have you stopped buying papers?
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