F.18 Literature analysis Flashcards
What is the primary requirement of Australian health informatics competency F.18?
Health informaticians appraise current scientific literature for its contribution to evidence-informed digital health practice
(AIDH, 2022)
What does appraising current scientific literature involve?
Objectively reviewing a work and reaching conclusions about its credibility and applicability.
What are important considerations when critiquing literature?
- Critiquing for the right reasons and with integrity
- Assessing the source
- Assessing the author’s qualifications
- Methodology
- Assessing applicability
What should be included in critiquing for the right reasons?
- Advancing knowledge by validating, invalidating, extending, reframing, and applying
- Avoiding territoriality and suppression of knowledge
Why is it important to recognize that all perspectives are value-laden?
To enable review with an open mind.
What factors should be assessed regarding the source of literature?
- Peer-reviewed status
- Funding sources
- Relevance of the originating context
- Publication date
What qualifications of authors should be appraised?
- Knowledge
- Skill
- Experience
- Understanding of motivations
What aspects should be critiqued in methodology?
- Constraints or biases of the method
- Suitability and effectiveness of the methodology
- Articulation of hypotheses
- Ethical considerations
What should be assessed regarding the results or positions presented?
- Logical flow from the work
- Strength of association
- Consistency with similar works
- Identification of limitations
What does assessing applicability involve?
- Comparing scenarios of conclusions with potential application
- Compatibility of values and interests
- Identifying knowns and unknowns
- Recognizing limitations
What is publication bias?
The tendency for studies submitted for publication to contain more positive results than those that are not published.
True or False: Absence of evidence is evidence of absence.
False.
What should be questioned regarding expert advice?
Whether it is based on the best evidence.
