Main description:

This second edition provides a broad range of sample comparative journal extracts enabling Foundation Year doctors and MRCGP and MRCPsych candidates to practise their critical appraisal skills. The extracts cover the whole spectrum of critical appraisal, together with exercises for the reader to work through independently to improve their technique. Tips and advice guide the reader to form their own conclusions and to explain their thinking in both Viva and written exam contexts.

Contents:

Evidence-based medicine and the role of critical appraisal; The different categories of study; The research question; General considerations; Describing data; Analysing data - descriptive; Analysing data - statistics; Analysing data - comparing groups; Epidemiological studies; Diagnostic studies; Treatment studies; Harm studies; Prognosis studies; Economic evaluations; Clinical guidelines; Clinical audit; Overviews; Graphical representation of data.