Critical Appraisal: Appraising a Treatment, Hand Lacerations

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How to Review a Paper

Writing an Abstract

6 Topics

Writing an Abstract

Why was the Study Done?

What Type of Trial Did They Do?

2 Topics

What Type of Trial Did They Do?

The Population in the Study

2 Topics

Did Randomisation Work?

2 Topics

Countering Bias

3 Topics

Losses to Follow-up

Was the Study Big Enough?

2 Topics

2 Topics

Competing Interests

2 Topics

Competing Interests

The JADAD Score

2 Topics

External Validity

2 Topics

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Question 1 of 5

1. Question
Which of the following statements about whether you should read a paper or not are correct?
- You should read all the papers that are published in the major journals
- All the evidence that is useful to emergency physicians comes from studies conducted in emergency departments
- You should only bother reading a paper if you think it is useful to you
- You should read all the papers that report studies that are conducted in emergency departments
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Question 2 of 5

2. Question
Which of the following statements about trial design are correct?
- Effectiveness trials are concerned with how well an intervention works under ideal circumstances
- Efficacy trials are concerned with how well an intervention works in a normal clinical environment
- Pragmatic trials are concerned with the overall consequences of an intervention
- Explanatory trials are concerned with finding out how an intervention works
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Question 3 of 5

3. Question
Which of the following are potential explanations for any finding in a study?
- Chance
- Bias
- Magic
- Fraud
- Causality
- Confounding
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Question 4 of 5

4. Question
Which of the following statements are correct about statistical tests?
- A chi squared test is used for categorical data
- Power means the chance that a study has of detecting a difference if one truly exists
- A t-test is used for normally distributed continuous data
- A t-test is used for categorical data
- Confidence intervals are more use than p-values because they indicate the precision of a result and the statistical significance
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Question 5 of 5

5. Question
Which of the following statements about the validity of trials are correct?
- Internal validity is higher when the study is double-blinded
- A high JADAD score means that the study has high internal validity
- ‘High internal validity’ means that you would expect the same result if you were to apply the results to your own patients
- Generalisability is the same concept as external validity
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lodgee December 9, 2017 at 1:01 pm

Good Module

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issamo January 4, 2018 at 7:41 pm

Might not read books anymore. Thanks

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Ramy Abdelkader February 23, 2019 at 12:43 pm

really nice

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fadhelm July 3, 2018 at 9:43 pm

amazing module

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Dr. Mohammed Abdelghani Siddeeg Fgeer June 15, 2020 at 9:46 pm

Excellent module about critical appraisal.

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baboul June 28, 2020 at 6:58 pm

excellent module

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Sajjad Ahmed August 25, 2020 at 4:51 pm

Excellent, very well explained

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John Lawani October 31, 2020 at 11:09 am

statistics was never a strong suite but I understand it better now. Thanks.

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Hwei Choo February 4, 2021 at 3:59 pm

Helpful for critical appraisal. Thanks!

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palisseryr6329 March 31, 2021 at 12:40 pm

nice module

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Mrs Anne Willis May 3, 2023 at 4:07 pm

Helpful module for a subject I do not enjoy

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