E_S 5001 - Introduction to Research Methods (3)

When Offered: On Demand
This course examines how to evaluate the quality of scientific evidence in the biomedical sciences in service of evidence-based clinical practice. The primary aim of the course is to help students understand the basis of the long-standing ‘crisis of irreproducibility’ in biomedical science and to perform evaluations of the quality of evidence in peer-reviewed scientific journal articles by applying a more expansive and nuanced knowledge of statistics and error, and the principles of sound experimental design especially for randomized control trials and systemic reviews/meta-analyses. The intent of this course is for students to cultivate the ability to quickly identify the strengths and weaknesses of scientific reports by flagging common threats to external and internal validity by noting the strength and execution of experimental design, statistical analysis, graphical representations, and extracting conclusions from the data. This course is designed for graduate exercise science students who are focusing on careers in applied clinical health care settings.