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 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. 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. 1. 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 2. Review resources as needed to understand Therapeutic Touch and to critically evaluate the methodologic quality of a paper 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.
