title: Introducing critical appraisal.
abstract: All health-care professionals are being encouraged to use research evidence more in developing their clinical practice. To do this they need to inculcate the skills of 'critical appraisal'. Such skills involve assessing the appropriateness of research designs for answering clinical questions, critiquing the quality of the data gathering in individual studies, and assessing the implications of research findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, University of St Andrews, Fife.
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Davies
mesh_terms: D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research / Q000193:education*; D012107:Research Design; D006113:United Kingdom