Credibility and Reliability of CAM information.

SCI 201

Kim Eschler

November 19, 2011

Methodology

Prove it!

Kim’s Criteria

1. What purpose does this serve?• What is the question?• What is the approach of the question?• What purpose does this serve?

2. Reliability and Credibility. • Who wrote it?• Date of publication. • Type of domain. • How bias is the information?

3. Audit Trail. • Consistency of facts and information from other

sources. • Legitimate links. • A way to contact the author.

1 point for each yes .. Total of 10 points possible.

Website chosen

What purpose does this serve?

• What is the question?• Web MD.com has a verity of information

available. • What is the approach of the question?

• Depends on the article. • What purpose does this serve?

• Education.

Reliability and Credibility

• Who wrote it?• Various writers, contributors and editors.

• Date of publication. • Listed or easy to find.

• Type of domain. • .com

• How bias is the information?• Depends on the information.

Audit Trail

• Consistency of facts and information from other sources. • Yes.

• Legitimate links. • Yes.

• A way to contact the author. • Yes-ish

Consumers Attitudes

Final Decision.

1. What purpose does this serve? yes/no yes = 1 pt.

• What is the question? yes  1 

• What is the approach of the question?  yes 1 

• What purpose does this serve?  yes 1 

2. Reliability and Credibility. yes/no yes = 1 pt.

• Who wrote it?  yes 1 

• Date of publication. yes  1 

• Type of domain. yes  1 

• How bias is the information? yes  1 

3. Audit Trail. yes/no yes = 1 pt.

• Consistency of facts and information from other sources. yes  1 

• Legitimate links. yes   1

• A way to contact the author.  yes 1 

Total points of 10 10

What could they do better?

Conclusion

Any questions?

References

Fontaine, K. (2005) Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice, Second Edition, Published by

Prentice Hall.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (2011) Retrieved on November 14, 2011 from

nccam.nih.gov.

WebMD.com (2011) Retrieved on November 14, 2011 from webmd.com.