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EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · How to appraise Appraising a Qualitative Study Judge it by trustworthiness — credibility, reflexivity, transferability —…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · How to appraise Appraising a Systematic Review A slick pooled estimate is only as trustworthy as…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · How to appraise Appraising a Diagnostic Study Was the test compared blindly against a proper reference…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · How to appraise Appraising an RCT Three questions for any randomised trial: is it valid, what…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Trial analysis Per-Protocol Analysis & LOCF Per-protocol analyses only the patients who adhered to the protocol…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Trial design Pragmatic vs Explanatory Trials Explanatory trials ask whether an intervention CAN work under ideal…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Evidence synthesis Network Meta-Analysis (NMA) Compares MULTIPLE treatments at once — combining direct head-to-head trials with…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Frameworks Risk-of-Bias Appraisal Tools Match the tool to the design — each study type has its…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Frameworks Jadad Score An early 0–5 quality scale for RCTs — quick, but crude, and now…
EM FINAL EXAMS Critical Appraisal · Frameworks CONSORT Statement The reporting standard for RCTs — a 25-item checklist plus a flow diagram…
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