DISCERN online

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• Format Websites
• Language/s English
• Target Audience Further education, Self-directed learning
• EBM Stage 3 - Appraising evidence
• Duration >15 mins
• Difficulty Intermediate

Key Concepts addressed

• Beware of claims like these
• Check the evidence from treatment comparisons

Details

Despite a rapid growth in the provision of consumer health information, the quality of the information remains variable.

DISCERN is a brief on-line questionnaire which provides users with a valid and reliable way of assessing the quality of written information on treatment choices for a health problem. DISCERN can also be used by authors and publishers of information on treatment choices as a guide to the standard which users are entitled to expect.

View the questionnaire here