title: Critical appraisal rounds: a new training model for clinical pharmacologists.
abstract: A new training model for critical appraisal in therapeutics is presented. Postgraduate trainees in Clinical Pharmacology are assigned to critically appraise scientific papers that faculty members were asked to review by Journals. The manuscripts were discussed in group rounds, allowing teaching of all aspects of therapeutics research. Formal evaluation of this model by trainees revealed high marks for "critical thinking", "learning study design", and "how to write/not to write".
authors.affiliation: The Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. gkoren@sickkids.ca
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koren
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nulman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D003479:Curriculum; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations