Competency: This assessment addresses the competency Demonstrate the capacity to critically and thoughtfully evaluate information concerning CAM modalities and practice.
GER: critically evaluate and apply alternative theoretical frameworks that have been used to offer meaningful explanations of social phenomena
UW Shared Learning Goals Effective Communication Skills
Each question must be fully answered. This paper should be 2-3 pages double spaced. You should include a bibliography of at least 3 resources. Citations should be in AMA format.
This assignment is uploaded to the designated D2L drop box in a Word, PDF or RTF format (no other document format will be accepted) and is evaluated using the EBCAM rubric.
Background
Critical evaluation of published information is essential to making evidence based and thoughtful decisions regarding Complementary and Alternative health practices
You will evaluate the 1998 study conducted by Emily Rosa regarding Therapeutic Touch.
- Consult resources from the UWM Libraries Guide on Evidence Based Medicine to support your understanding of evidence based health care http://guides.library.uwm.edu/imaging
- Review resources as needed to understand Therapeutic Touch and to critically evaluate the methodologic quality of a paper
The Therapeutic Touch Rosa Study
Read Rosa L, Rosa E, Sarner L, Barrett S. A close look at therapeutic touch. JAMA. 1998;279(13):1005-10. (linked in competency resources)
Summarize the reason for conducting this study and recommendations based on it.
Provide a critique of this study. Identify any issues that may contribute or detract from the quality of this study including 1. Investigator, 2. Sample, 3. Controls , 4. Design of study in relation to principles of TT.
