Potential Sources for Learning Outcomes Flashcards
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Medline/PubMed Search + CASP checklist
Review for Critical Appraisal
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- vast array of different scientific papers
- can filter search to find relevant papers
- CASP provides a systemic and effective way of critically appraising the evidence in order to gauge which information is best
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Websites: NHS choices
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- written for patients, so may be oversimplified
- excellent videos for describing conditions in easy-to-understand language
- very extensive list of conditions
3
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Websites: patient.co.uk
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- written for healthcare professionals
- very detailed on investigations, aetiology, common presentations and differential diagnoses
= very thorough
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Cochrane Database of Systemic Reviews
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- peer reviewed
- allows you to review a large amount of papers at once that are specifically about human health issues
- internationally recognised as the highest standard in evidenced based healthcare
- compares new treatments to old ones and is updated accordingly.
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PsychINFO journal articles
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- limited to just psychology papers making them easier to find
- peer reviewed
- published on an established website
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NICE (evidence based guidelines)
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- advices patients on lifestyle choices and clinicians on practice
- massive debate of appraisal guidance on vast range of treatments
- regularly reviewed and updated
- easily accessed
- in a format at can understand e.g. what is public health advice on how to manage your diet with diabetes?
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Office for National Statistics
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- factual information, statistics useful for context
- has health and social care section
- reports directly to UK government so is consistent with their statistics so widely seen as correct
- has a large annual budget of £206.5 million so has more money to theoretically collect more reliable data compared to other organisations e.g. what is the prevalence of diabetes in over 65’s?
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GMC (duties and regulations)
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- official guidelines of medical practice. Very good for ascertaining the expectations of doctors in certain situations
- governs medical school teaching of medical students = huge influence
- updated regularly
- easily accessed e.g. What is the expected knowledge of F1 doctors in relation to treating patients with Type 2 diabetes
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Royal College Websites
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- speciality specific e.g. Royal College of psychiattrists?GP/anaeasthetists
- very in depth information about different diseases/treatments/career advice
- base their advice on research evidence e.g. What is the advice for doctors on spotting posterior dislocations of the hip?
10
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Textbooks
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- multiple authors so wide view of the matter from established professionals = very reliable source
- reliable as published and peer reviewed
- greys student edition –> aimed at medical students so not overly complicated e.g. what is the normal anatomy of the glenohumeral joint?
11
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Qualitative Research/Interviews
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- individual
- good for qualitative info e.g. what experiences have patients in the QE had of colonoscopies in the last year?
12
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Name the 11 suggested sources
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- Medline/PubMed search + CASP Checklist Review for Critical Appraisals
- NHS choices
- patient.co.uk
- Cochrane database of systematic reviews
- PsychINFO
- NICE (evidence based guidelines)
- Office for National Statistics
- GMC (duties and regulations)
- Royal College Websites
- Textbooks
- Qualitative studies and interviews
13
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Give some examples of textbooks and their authors
- NAS
- MTM
- anatomy
- histology
- sociology
- IRM
- Pharmacology
- physiology
- clinical
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- Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain by Bear, Connors et al.
- Essential Cell Biology by Alberts et al
- Gray’s Anatomy for Students by Drake
- Junquiera’s Basic Histology by Mescher
- Sociology as Applied to Medicine by Scambler
- Respiratory Physiology: A Clinical Approach by Schwartzstein & Parker
- Rang and Dale’s Pharmacology
- Boron and Boulpaep: Medical Physiology 2nd edition
- McCloeds Clinical Examination
