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Critical Appraisal for FCEM book cover

1st Edition

Critical Appraisal for FCEM

By Duncan Bootland, Evan Coughlan, Rob Galloway Copyright 2015
182 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

182 Pages
by CRC Press
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The ability to read a paper, judge its quality, the importance of its results, and make a decision about whether to change practice based on the information given, is a core skill for all doctors. To be able to do this quickly and efficiently is, without a doubt, a skill needed by all time-pressured emergency doctors and one which is tested in the Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine... Read more

FUNDAMENTAL KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR CRITICAL APPRAISAL
Types of Papers and Grades of Evidence
Understanding Basic Statistics
Statistics in Papers – p-values, Confidence Intervals and Error
Probability and Odds

CRITICALLY APPRAISING PAPERS
How to Dissect a Paper
Therapeutic Studies
Diagnostic Studies
Meta-Analysis

PASSING FCEM
Passing the Exam
The Critical Topic Review (CTR)

Appendix A: Checklists
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Practice Papers

Biography

Duncan Bootland, MBBS, BSc, FCEM, consultant in emergency medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Evan Coughlan, MD BCh NUI, MRCSEd, DSEM, FCEM, Dip.Tox., emergency medicine consultant, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Robert Galloway, MBBS, BSc, MRCP, FCEM, PGCMedED, emergency medicine consultant, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust and sub-dean/lead for Undergraduate Emergency Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK

Stephanie Goubet, MSc, medical statistician, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

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