Translating evidence-based health information is difficult, even for experienced health practitioners. Join us in this comprehensive six-module course with the support of an experienced mentor, and we’ll get you started in creating evidence-based compositions that you will be proud to share with your clinical community.
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Translating evidence-based health information is difficult, even for experienced health practitioners. Join us in this comprehensive six-module course with the support of an experienced mentor, and we’ll get you started in creating evidence-based compositions that you will be proud to share with your clinical community.
Peer-reviewed evidence expands new theories or concepts to a broader scientific community. The ability to summarize and combine multiple pieces of evidence into useable knowledge furthers the field as a whole. This course provides a foundation for summarizing and synthesizing conclusions from existing research. We will focus on translating integrative health research to a clinical population.
As a result of this course, you will improve your evidence-informed writing as an integrative health professional. These skills are used writing practice-based newsletters, scientific manuscripts, and even social media content for clients/patients that are appropriately grounded in science, thus maintaining credibility and standing among the public and clinical peers. The skills can also be applied toward science-based writing for digital and print trade publications or providing editorial content in other media for clinicians. Such writing can improve professional exposure, impact, and opportunity as a clinician.
Over the course of six modules, learners will be introduced to methods for creating balanced and evidence-backed compositions. We begin the course by discussing the uses of appropriate and balanced evidence and will begin to summarize the evidence students brought to the course. Summaries will then become the basis for our written synthesis draft. Through the process of self-appraisal, students will refine their original piece into a clear, focused, and coherent written work that they can then share with their clinical community.
The added value of personal feedback from a professional course mentor on your final piece is a tremendous benefit to make your work stand out!
Module 1: Appropriate Evidence and Balance
Module 2: Summarizing the Evidence
Module 3: Synthesizing of New Concepts from Evidence
Module 4: Self Appraisal & First Draft
Module 5: Audience-Appropriate Communication & Draft Revisions
Module 6: Final Piece Review/Mentor Feedback & Reflection
Students must come to the course with 3-5 pieces of primary research evidence they would like to combine into a summary and synthesis. For those who need assistance in obtaining the requisite literature, we strongly encourage you to enroll in the following self-paced module:
Finding the Research for Evidence-based Practice http://ce.muih.edu/browse/ce/courses/course-2-finding-the-research-for-evidence-based-practice
Integrative health professionals, researchers, faculty, and students looking to improve their ability to use scientific evidence to convey information to their clinical community. Health information translators (clinical staff, communications professionals, etc.) who want to improve their use of evidence in written compositions.
*CEUs should be verified with the individual professional organization(s) for which you are seeking continuing education credit.
Daryl Nault is an Adjunct Professor of Research Literacy and Scientific Writing with MUIH. She has a variety of professional experience in the mental health, fitness, wellness, and nutrition fields. Daryl has assisted on integrative health studies for several years now, with experiences ranging from basic science bench work and clinical trials, to qualitative analysis and systematic reviews.
Daryl’s personal research interests center around the exploration of “health cognition” within integrative health users. She seeks to examine how and why we as humans process and apply health information. Currently, Daryl is working on publishing her thesis work in the electronic health literacy of integrative health users. Her most recent submission for publication is a piece on the influence of media reporting on the public use of scientific findings.
After earning her BA in Psychology at Roanoke College, Daryl worked in mental health, fitness, and wellness for several years. She holds two MS degrees. The first, an MS in Nutrition through the University of Bridgeport, and second is an MS in Integrative Medical Research through the National University of Natural Medicine.
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