Assessing Reliability of information on a CAM sources Presentation
Create a 12- to 15-slide (not including title or reference slides) Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on how you create and use a criteira for assessing reliability of an Internet source of CAM information. ****You must included detailed APA speaker notes and reference citations.*****
Describe how a consumer’s attitudes and beliefs about CAM could hinder objective assessments of reliability and credibility in CAM.
Create five objective criteria to judge the reliability and credibility of a source of information on CAM.
Select a CAM therapy or modality of interest. (Also be sure you have not chosen a Healing System and not a therapy)
Then, briefly cover the following:
Describe the therapy.
Examine the type of training or education that is required.
Discuss whether a license or certification is required to practice this therapy.
Research the Internet for websites on this therapy or modality. Choose one website on your chosen therapy to evaluate. Do not use a website from class.
Using your criteria, review the chosen website and determine how reliable the site is for CAM information.
Explain how you reached your conclusion about the website. Consider using a grading scale or grid for this exercise.
Describe steps the website could take to increase its credibility.
***This is a power point presentation with apa speaker notes. These notes need to support the information on the slide.
Generally this is what you would share with the audience.
First read the website with this assignment.
Then look at the instructions above and follow the steps.
Think of this assignment as you teaching others how to judge the reliability of information on a website on a CAM therapy.
You need to discussion consumer’s attitudes. Usually that is 1-2 slides.
You need to create and identify your 3-5 criteria for judging information. That is 4-5 slides.
You need to select a therapy and discuss the information on your therapy. Generally 2-3 slides. This is not the focus of the assignment–just a way to focus the Internet search.
Then using your chosen therapy, search the internet for a website on the therapy. Do not use a website provided in class.
You need to identify the website you will use – 1- slide
You need to demonstrate how the website meets or does not meet your criteria for reliable information – 2-3 slides
Then you need to tell me how to improve the website which is generally 1-2 slides
APA reference slide