Reading and Using the Scientific Literature
From Michelle Doll
This course is part of our Advanced Course in Infection Prevention and Control. See below for links to other modules!
Course Overview
The Virginia Infection Prevention Training Center’s advanced module, Reading and Using Scientific Literature, strengthens infection prevention professionals' ability to critically analyze research, interpret diagnostic concepts, and apply findings to improve infection control decision-making. This course covers evaluating research for quality and limitations, understanding key epidemiologic terms, and assessing treatment risks and benefits.
Target Audience
Target audience for this course are healthcare professionals who are leading infection prevention activities in their facilities. These are infection prevention professionals with extensive knowledge of infection prevention and control concepts and considerable practice or fieldwork experience with infection prevention and control.
Audience examples include expert infection preventionists and HAI/AR/IPC staff, expert healthcare or public health epidemiologists, and infection prevention program directors and medical directors.
Overall Learning Objectives
- Critique research articles for quality and limitations
- Summarize how to communicate data and risks to your institution
- Understand key diagnostic terms, including incidence, sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values
- Examine treatment benefits and risks, including absolute risk, risk reduction, harm and efficacy vs. effectiveness
- Analyze how infection rates affect public health
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing education (CE) credit is available for this course from 9/25/2023 to 9/25/2026. To claim credit, please watch this video in its entirety, then visit the VCU Continuing Medical Education activity page to obtain your credit.
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VIPTC’s Advanced Course in Infection Prevention and Control
The Advanced Course in Infection Prevention & Control is designed for those leading infection prevention efforts for their organizations and will focus on implementation science, epidemiologic methods for surveillance and basic biostatistical data analysis, interpretation of the literature for evidence-based practice, and leadership training.
Modules:
- Overview of Healthcare-Associated Infections
- Implementation Science
- Epi Methods for Infection Prevention: Basic Biostatistics
- Infection Prevention Program Cost Analysis & Writing a Business Plan
- Leadership & Managing Change
- Emergency Preparedness
- Healthcare-Associated Infections National Quality Reporting
- The Science of Meetings and Effective Facilitation
- Performance and Quality Improvement in Infection Prevention
- Modifiable Risk Factors and Performance Measures
- Reading and Using Scientific Literature
- Sustaining and Adapting a Champion of Infection Prevention Team
- Facility Design, Construction, and Renovations and Infection Prevention
- Water Management
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