Spaud 505: Week 7 Already Passed

1. educate clients and colleagues about lack of evidence base 2. question authority 3. Recognize what you don't know 4. Understand that what you do know is temporary and relative 5. Pursue new information. 6. Keep an open mind. 7. Get the details (don't rely on abstracts!) 8. Test out the information—information is not knowledge 9. Educate clients & colleagues: Especially when there is no evidence base; Please read the section titled "Talk to clients" from the ASHA leader article, https://leader.pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/leader.FTR1.24072019.42 {Ans: our roles/responsibility with pseudoscience (9)}Untestable: Is the Treatment Unable to Be Tested or Disproved? Unchanged: Does the Treatment Approach Remain Unchanged Even in the Face of Contradictory Evidence? Confirming Evidence: Is the Rationale for the Treatment Approach Based Only on Confirming Evidence, With Disconfirming Evidence Ignored or Minimized? Anecdotal Evidence: Does the Evidence in Support of the Treatment Rely on Personal Experience and Anecdotal Accounts? Inadequate Evidence: Are the Treatment Claims Incommensurate With the Level of Evidence Needed to Support Those Claims? Avoiding Peer Review: Are Treatment Claims Unsupported by Evidence That Has Undergone Critical Scrutiny? Disconnected: Is the Treatment Approach Disconnected From Well-Established Scientific Models or Paradigms? New Terms: Is the Treatment Described by Terms That