An Introduction to Critical Appraisal

An Introduction To Critical Appraisal

Understanding data; an introduction to critical appraisal.

Some basic information on how to help clinicians in understanding the results of papers are presented. Evidence based medicine is discussed and accepted concept of hierarchy of evidence presented in figure. Randomized control trial (RTC) is stressed as gold standard for evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The examples of exercises (descriptive and inferential statistics) for understa...

Critical Appraisal

This article has no abstract.

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

Evidence-based medicine, part 4. An introduction to critical appraisal of articles on harm.

This article provides an introductory step-by-step process to appraise an article on harm. The authors introduce these principles using a systematic approach and case-based format. The process of assessing the validity of an article on harm, determining its importance, and applying it to an individual patient is reviewed. The concepts of study population homogeneity, equal treatment, sufficient...