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University of New South Wales Medical Statistics Tutorial 4 addresses Critical Appraisal.
Key Concepts addressed:- Claims: are they justified?
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- 1-6 Expert opinion is not always right
- 1-2 Anecdotes are unreliable evidence
Details
By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to:
- Define the term ‘critical appraisal’
- Summarise the purpose of critical appraisal in clinical practice
- Discuss the purpose of randomisation and blinding
- Distinguish allocation concealment from blinding
- Identify both adequate and inadequate randomisation methods
- Define bias and confounding in terms of clinical studies
- Correctly identify the study factor and outcome factors in a journal article
- Critically appraise a paper about the effectiveness of a therapy
