Critical Reading for the Reflective Practitioner
A Practical Guide
Published on 16. December 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-0-7506-3939-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
Professional and scholarly
General Practitioners: candidates for the MRCGP examination; other GPs; some researchers.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
483 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-3939-2 (9780750639392)
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Content
Introduction; PART I: ASSESSING AN INDIVIDUAL STUDY: CRITICAL APPRAISAL AND CRITICAL REFLECTION: What's 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.