2nd Edition
Critical Appraisal for FRCEM
Section 1. Fundamental knowledge needed for critical appraisal 1. Types of papers and grades of evidence 2. Understanding basic statistics 3. Statistics in papers – p-values, confidence intervals and error. 4. Probability and odds. Section 2 Critically appraising papers 5. How to dissect a paper 6. Therapeutic studies 7. Diagnostic studies 8. Meta-analysis Section 3 Passing FRCEM 9. Passing the exam Appendix A: Checklists. Appendix B: Glossary. Appendix C: Practice Papers. Index.
Biography
Duncan Bootland MBBS BSc FRCEM Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Evan Coughlan MB BCh NUI MRCSEd DSEM Diptox FRCEM Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Robert Galloway MBBS BSc MRCP FRCEM PGcMedED Emergency Medicine Consultant, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust; Year Five Sub-Dean and Lead for Undergraduate Emergency Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK.
Umer Hakeem MBBS BSc PgCertMedSim FRCEM Higher Specialty Trainee in Emergency Medicine in the East of England Deanery, Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust, UK.






