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Technician Session

Multispecialty

Critical Evaluation of Veterinary Literature

Friday, June 24, 2022

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Location: ACC 5ABC

CE: 1

Sponsored by

Primary Presenter(s)

Christine E. Weaver, LVT, VTS (Neurology)

Senior Associate of Veterinary Technician Specialist Development
NVA Compassion-First
Mount Airy, Maryland, United States

Slides Proceedings/Handout

This session will provide participants with a basic introduction to the world of scientific, research based literature. This is a valuable skill to those technicians interested in pursuing their VTS and/or interest in furthering their academic achievements in veterinary technology. There will be review of the types of retrospective and prospective studies and their strengths and weaknesses. Biases, confounding variables and other potential weaknesses in scientific literature will also be discussed. Review of relevant, real-world research articles will be reviewed.

Learning Objectives:

The technician will be able to come away with a basic understanding of the kinds of retrospective and prospective studies commonly found in scientific literature, their uses, strengths and weaknesses.
The technician will be able to come away with a basic understanding of biases, confounding variables and other factors that can influence the results and interpretation of results of research studies.
The technician will be able to come away with a knowledge of basic principles to understand and evaluate scientific literature and how to leverage the strengths in their own research and speaking projects.