Essential Evidence-Based Medicine teaches the principles of research study ... and how to become a more discriminating reader of the medical literature by adopting the skills of critical appraisal.

Critical appraisal is a systematic process used to identify the strengths and weaknesses of a research article in order to assess the usefulness and validity of research findings. The most ...

The purpose of patient-centered research is to improve patient care, and increasingly, evidence ... series is based loosely around a series of themes which touch on the critical appraisal of ...