The Basics
Critical Appraisal
Article Types
Article Anatomy
100
An educational meeting in which a group of individuals read, evaluate and discuss current articles from the biomedical literature
What is a Journal Club?
100
The method of critical appraisal that we are using is based on one developed by this university
What is Duke University?
100
Study which can provide accurate values to assess the cost of disease and the cost-benefit of interventions
What is an Economic Analysis?
100
The clinical question and why it is being asked is typically found in this part of the article
What is the introduction?
200
Country in which the first formal Journal Club was established
What is Canada?
200
The number of things you should always ask when evaluating an article
What is six?
200
Study that addresses how to identify causes for disease (including iatrogenic forms – ie caused by the healthcare system)?
What is Harm/Etiology?
200
The very end of an article that talks about the decision that was reached.
What is the conclusion or discussion?
300
What you look for when you want to see what other people have said about an article
What is commentary or discussion?
300
Part of the article where you would find the answer to the critical appraisal question, “What did they do?”
What is materials or methods?
300
Study that addresses how to select treatments to offer patients
What is Therapy?
300
A brief summary of the article found at the beginning
What is an abstract?
400
Person who established the first formal journal club
Who is Sir William Osler?
400
Part of the article where you would find the answer to the critical appraisal question, What was the answer?
What is results?
400
Study that addresses how to estimate the patient’s likely clinical course over time and anticipate likely complications of disease
What is Prognostic?
400
In the methods, deviation of results or inferences from the truth, or processes leading to such deviation
What is bias?
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