Critically Appraised Topics & Literature Review Flashcards
Evidence-Based Medicine
Systematic approach Acquisition Appraisal Application
Systematic process used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a research article in order to assess the usefulness and validity of research findings
Critical Appraisal
Three ways to organize resources into a review
Chronological Thematic Methodological
a clear statement of what the investigators expect the study to find
hypothesis
the findings of a study are no different to those that would have been expected to occur by chance
Null hypothesis
no ‘gold-standard’ instrument for critical appraisal exists
Critical Appraisal
three basic elements
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
A summary of the sources with an organizational pattern
Literature Review
criteria used are not static
Critical Appraisal
It might give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old interpretations
Literature Review
It might trace the intellectual progression of the field, including major debates
Literature Review
a recap of the important information of the source,
Summary
a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information
synthesis
evolve with improvements in understanding of the important sources of bias inherent in different study designs and increased awareness of the potential influence of other nonmethodological factors, such as conflicts of interest
Critical Appraisal
