title: READER: an acronym to aid critical reading by general practitioners.
abstract: READER represents a sequence of steps in the assessment of general practice literature. An article may be judged on the first four steps: r for relevance, e for education, a for applicability, d for discrimination. The next step, e, involves the evaluation of the article using a scoring system. Finally the reader decides what to do with the article, as illustrated by r for reaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: MacAuley
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D007600:Judgment; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D011932:Reading