Block 1: Epidemiology
EPI12-1: CRITICAL APPRAISAL
 

SESSION OBJECTIVE

At the end of this session you should be able to:

  • use a checklist to help you to critically evaluate scientific publications in the literature,
  • critically evaluate scientific publications in the literature.

You will first read an article on health surveillance of employees on a South African lead mine* and learn to look at it critically.

The article is:

Health surveillance of employees an a lead mine, 1979-1989. H G van Heerden, JT Mets. South African Medical Journal 1991;79:387-390.

HOW TO EVALUATE THE ARTICLE:

Go to the following points in the article or publication and evaluate each one for adequacy:

Title - appropriate

Abstract/summary - adequate and not misleading

Literature review - adequacy, appropriate and relevant research problem

Motivation

Aim - Concisely stated

Objectives - attainable and precisely defined, do they relate to aim?

Methods:

Results

Discussion

* This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution - Noncommercial Works License.




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General Introduction to Occupational Health: Occupational Hygiene, Epidemiology & Biostatistics by Prof Jonny Myers is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License
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