1. Becoming a PAES expert

2. In the last session… … we were talking about: what PAES are
which sources of information about PAES people use
the reliability of friends & peers as the main source among young athletes and exercisers

3. Sources of information
Etc.
7,3%
Internet advertisement & online stores
23,3%
Coaches & Personal Trainers
14,3%
10,2%
Internet communities
Doctors & Health
Professionals
19,4%
25,6%
Friends & peers

4. Content 2 Blocks Session 1: Friends & Peers Session 2: The Internet
Role Play
Discussion & Development of Evaluation Criteria
Summary
Session 2: The Internet
Summary of the Last Session
Development of Evaluation Criteria
Transferability of „our Criteria“
Conclusion & Take Home Message

5. Sources of information
How do you decide if you should trust a website or not?
Look at the given examples and find criteria to evaluate the reliability of websites in the internet!

6. Evaluation of the websites
Which criteria did you find?
Scientificity (scientific studies reported as references)
Multiple perspectives (presenting cons as well as pros regarding one substance)
Neutrality (not judging)
Topicality (recently updated)
Correspondence / possibility to contact
… what else?

7. Some good examples

8. Summary
To decide if a website is a reliable source of information about PAES there are several questions to be answered…
Any studies referring to my piece of information?
Legality of given suggestions? „Is it against the law, if I take PAES?“
Testified by whom?
How old is my source? 1950, 2010, ...
Are there alternatives mentioned?
Anything about side-effects?
Evidence?
Possibility to contact the author or seller?

9. Sources of information
Etc.
7,3%
Internet advertisement & online stores
23,3%
Coaches & Personal Trainers
14,3%
10,2%
Internet communities
Doctors & Health
Professionals
19,4%
25,6%
Friends & peers
What about the others?
Are there more possible sources?

10. Overall Evaluation Criteria
Now it is up to you!
Fill in the given sheet „Is my source reliable?“ with the criteria you found important to evaluate friends and the internet
Can you transfer these to evaluate other sources as well?
Complete your table with more criteria that are important to evaluate other sources

11. Conclusion
Being a PAES expert means:
to make a decision based on extensive research and the collection of information from several perspectives
to consider everybody as well as one‘s decision making process as individual
Thus: to critically evaluate every piece of information along personally important criteria

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