St. George's, University of London - Critical Appraisal Techniques for Healthcare Literature
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Critical Appraisal Techniques for Healthcare Literature at FutureLearn Overview
Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹8,814 |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Critical Appraisal Techniques for Healthcare Literature at FutureLearn Highlights
- Duration 3 weeks
- Weekly study 4 hours
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Critical Appraisal Techniques for Healthcare Literature at FutureLearn Course details
- In today's clinical professions, staff are expected to keep up with fast-changing, evidence-based research in their own field and beyond.
- On this course, you will learn critical appraisal techniques to evaluate the quality of healthcare research literature.
- You will evaluate published papers, interrogate their methodologies, identify strengths and weaknesses and produce a balanced appraisal of papers to discuss with colleagues, patients, and academic bodies. You'll assess the contributions of published papers to their research fields, and identify where there's a need for further research.
Critical Appraisal Techniques for Healthcare Literature at FutureLearn Curriculum
Introduction to critical appraisal
What is critical appraisal?
How do we critically appraise?
The research question
Dissecting the methodology
Interpreting study results
What have you learnt?
Appraisal of quantitative study designs
The week ahead
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
Cross-sectional survey studies
Cohort and case-control studies
Systematic reviews
Reporting and presentation of statistical analyses
What have you learnt?
Appraisal of qualitative study designs
The week ahead
Introduction to qualitative research
Standards, tools and concepts for appraising qualitative research
Critical appraisal example 1: Phenomenology
Critical appraisal example 2: Grounded theory
Critical appraisal example 3: Ethnography
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