How can you tell if the bold headlines seen on social media are truly touting the next big thing or if the article isn't worth the paper it's printed on?
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Understanding Medical Research: Your Facebook Friend is Wrong
Yale UniversityAbout this Course
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
How to efficiently read a medical research paper and how to differentiate between good and bad research
The different tests used in medical research and how to spot common errors in methodology and interoperation for each
Read and understand statistical figures, charts, and graphics
How best to verify claims made in news articles
Skills you will gain
- Medicine
- Health Research
- Medical Terminology
- Medical Writing
- Research Methods
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Welcome!
The Basics
Medical Statistics Made Ridiculously Simple
Types of Medical Studies
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- 5 stars92.43%
- 4 stars6.91%
- 3 stars0.23%
- 2 stars0.11%
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TOP REVIEWS FROM UNDERSTANDING MEDICAL RESEARCH: YOUR FACEBOOK FRIEND IS WRONG
Such a timely course as the news is filled with research study after research study with, sometimes, competing results. Never before have I heard "pre-print" and "not peer reviewed" so frequently.
I enjoy studying this course , the material and video example are well made ,and easy to understand too . Overall this course is great and really helpful it also help me improve on my judgement skill.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course! That must mean I am weird, but proof awaits a properly performed statistical study of the population who also "attended" the program.
Allen J Rovner, MD
The course was really engaging and fun to follow, and Professor Wilson used great examples to help teach some of the harder-to-understand concepts. I learned a lot and I'm glad I took the course.
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