Expert guidance: Developing critical appraisal skills
Author: Frances Harris
Magazine issue: Winter 05
Page numbers: 11-13
Date: 28 November 2005
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Evidence based practice is more than a set of skills – it is a way of working and practising our profession of speech and language therapy. A key element is critical appraisal, where we use clinical judgement to consider the relative validity and importance of evidence presented in professional papers. Frances Harris takes us through the process, covering: key questions, study designs and their validity, statistics basics, statistical importance, clinical importance, getting results into practice and working collaboratively.
