ASSESSING RELIABILITY AND CREDIBILITY OF CAM RESOURCES

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Definition of CAM

Different kinds of CAM

Acupuncture as part of CAM

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

The main website of everything related to acupuncture is NCCAOM.

The website provides for “Resource Center”

Find a Provider Section Customer Service Section

Assessing Reliability and Credibility of NCCAOM.org

Look of the website Who has the responsibility over

the information? Is the information recent? Are the data based on facts or

on opinions?

Appearance

Graphics Professionalism Spelling and Grammar

Responsible Person/Persons

Is it run by one person, a group of people, or by a corporation?

Is the person in charge a specialist in the certain field?

Is there a hidden reason for the establishment of this website?

Is the Information Current

Is the information current?

Are the information up to date?

Are current links available in the site?

Fact or Opinion

Is the site opinion-based or fact-based?

Are there evidences and references to prove the credibility of the information therein?

Are there other links for additional websites?

Reliability and Credibility of NCCAOM.org

Possessed and updated by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Professional-looking Information seems to be up to date Website based on pure facts

References

National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and

Oriental Medicine. (2012) Retrieved from: http://www.nccaom.org

What is complementary and alternative medicine. (2011).

Retrieved from http://www.nccam.nih.gov