HLTC15 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Content Analysis, Geocentric Model, Sulfanilamide
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Hltc15 lecture 1 introduction sept. 11, 2012. Inquiry conducted to develop knowledge (related to health) based on available evidence, following certain rules and procedures contested. Divided into natural sciences (and sometimes social sciences) and. Includes a wide range of research methodologies: from randomized control trials (rct), to systematic reviews, to ethnographies, to surveys, and so on. Differences between various methodological approaches is systematic, not idiosyncratic. Advantages of research carried out in the. Randomization and blinding effective means of reducing bias in medical research this gives us more confidence that the treatment we will be given is the most effective. Use consistent and relatively concrete outcome measures (e. g. recovery time, dose-response, etc. Many questions about health and health care are not amenable to rcts. Give insufficient attention to a person s lived experience which are complex, subjective, and embedded in social and historical contexts. Difficult to dissect and categorize (reduce) social life objectively, regardless of blinding and randomization procedures.
