Critically Reading a Research Article

Critically reading a research article*.

This paper presents a method for critically reading a research article. Emphasis is placed on the specific format of the question being asked, the control of variables to ensure internal and external validity, selected basic rules for applying statistics, and the justification for specific conclusions drawn by the investigator. The method is designed to be clinically relevant with the final eva...

Reading a research article part III: the data collection instrument.

Parts I through III of this series of articles gave an introduction to some of the issues requiring attention when performing clinical studies and summarizing the results statistically as well as clinically. Statistical methods have been described for the identification of statistically significant differences and associations between an experimental group and a control group or over the course...

Reading a Scientific Article

In this Webinar, we will go over the fundamentals of scientific papers, including the different types of scientific literature available and the structural elements of a scientific article. Also, we will cover the importance of scientific papers, why do we read them, and how do we decide which papers to read. Finally, we will discuss some of the guidelines for reading a scientific paper and cri...

Reading a Scientific Article

 Brief summary of the paper  Parallels paper structure  Introduction  Methods  Results  Discussion

How to critically appraise a medical article.