The ability to arrive at an informed view on current literature findings on a particular topic is a skill that every practitioner needs to cultivate. Critical Reading for the Reflective Practitioner encourages both GPs and other health care professionals to take a knowledgeable approach to published papers. It enables them to evaluate the findings, methods, results and statistics involved and to relate this to everyday practice.
Introduction; PART I: ASSESSING AN INDIVIDUAL STUDY: CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND CRITICAL REFLECTION: Whats the big idea?; Summarising a paper; Can I rely on the methods? - issues of measurement; Can I believe the results? - bias and confounding; Do I understand the results? - summary statistics; Reflecting on a study - implications for practice; Making sense of screening; Other types of evidence; Tackling the tabloids; PART II: CRITICAL READING AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE: Paralysed by the literature?; Hot topic framework; Asthma in adults; Diabetes; Heartsink patients; Cervical screening; Referrals to outpatient clinics; Index.
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