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Bootland, Duncan

Critical appraisal from papers to patient : a practical guide / Duncan Bootland, Evan Coughlan, Robert Galloway, Stephanie Goubet, Emily McWhirter - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2017. - xii, 201 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Types of papers and grades of evidence -- An approach to appraising papers -- Types of data and moving from samples to populations -- P values, confidence intervals, and types of error -- Basic probability -- Observational papers (case series, case control, cohort, cross sectional, ecological) -- Qualitative papers -- Therapeutic papers -- Diagnostic papers and screening papers -- Prognostic papers -- Economic assessment papers -- Meta-analysis -- Writing a clinical topic review -- Running a journal club -- Creating a "best available" evidence based clinical environment -- An approach to critical appraisal exams -- Practice papers

School of Medicine

ISBN: 9781482230451 1482230453

LCCN: 2016026644

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Evidence-based medicine
Test Taking Skills
Statistics as Topic

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Examination Questions

LC Class. No.: R 723.7 / .B644 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 616

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WB 18.2