Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Critical Appraisal Techniques for Healthcare Literature
City St George's, University of London (formerly St George's)
This online course explored critical appraisal techniques to evaluate the quality of healthcare research literature. It covered areas including evaluating published papers, interrogating their methodologies, identifying strengths and weaknesses and producing a balanced appraisal to discuss with colleagues, patients, and academic bodies. Learners assessed the contributions of published papers to their research fields, and identified areas where further research is required.
3 weeks, 4 hours per week
Sarah White
Senior Lecturer in Medical Statistics
City St George's, University of London (formerly St George's)
Mary Halter
Associate Professor Emergency Cardiovascular and Critical Care Research
Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education, Kingston University & St George's, University of London
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify an appropriate framework with which to appraise a published paper
- Evaluate the design, methods, analyses and conclusions of published papers
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of published papers to produce a balanced critical appraisal
- Assess the contributions made by published papers to the current state of knowledge in that field
- Identify recommendations for further research resulting from an analysis of published work in a specialist field
Syllabus
- Principles of critical appraisal
- Techniques and models for critiquing healthcare research papers
- Relevant research designs and analysis methods, both quantitative and qualitative
- Papers discussed and appraised will cover a broad range of health areas
Issued on 4th June 2020
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