Appraising the evidence

Format: 2-3 Peoples' outcomes should be analyzed in their original groups

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Language/s: 3-6 Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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Resource Link: View the Lesson

Target Audience: 3-3 Are the treatments practical in your setting?

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Short Description:

Six key slides produced by the University of Western Australia to introduce critical appraisal.

Key Concepts addressed:

• Greek
• Hrvatski
• 1-1 Treatments can harm
• 1-12 Dramatic treatment effects are rare
• 1-8 More is not necessarily better
• 2-11 All fair comparisons and outcomes should be reported
• 2-13 Relative measures of effects can be misleading
• 2-15 Fair comparisons with few people or outcome events can be misleading

Details

This resource has been produced by the University of Western Australia to introduce critical appraisal.

The aim of critical appraisal is to understand the strengths, weaknesses, and potential for bias in clinical research before you apply it to your patient. The resource covers: validity, applicability, and clinical importance, applicability, and study types.