Studying a Study and Testing a Test
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Studying a Study and Testing a Test by Richard K Riegelman
In today's rapidly changing world of clinical practice, old assumptions quickly fall under the weight of new evidence. But to make effective clinical decisions, you must face a deluge of data published in the health research literature. With this best-selling text as your guide, you'll discover a concise, stepwise program that will help you evaluate clinical studies, identify flaws in study design, interpret statistics, and apply evidence from clinical research to your practice. Sharpen your analytical skills with these insightful features...Step-by-step approach ideal for both students and practitioners guides you through the health research literature, showing you the ingredients that go into a meaningful study, clues to potential study flaws, and ways to apply solid evidence in clinical practice. Uniform framework uses a simple six-point framework based on the mnemonic M.A.A.R.I.E. You will learn to evaluate studies in terms of Methods, Assignment, Assessment, Results, Interpretation, and Extrapolation. Hypothetical illustrations demonstrate the limitations of today's published studies. Unique learning aids-including question checklists, scenarios illustrating study design, and flaw-catching exercises-help you reinforce key facts and retain what you've learned. The following are new to the Fifth Edition...New 'Guide to the Guidelines' section helps you make sense of established and emerging clinical guidelines, and helps you understand the role of these guidelines in practice. Current information on outcomes includes discussions of safety and of the effects of interactions on outcomes. More graphic presentation of statistics helps make complex concepts easy to grasp and apply using a flowchart of statistics. StudyingaStudy.com Website is an integral feature of this edition providing interactive materials for all sections of the book. The Website provides practice using the M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, interactive flaw-catching and Selecting a Statistics exercises, self-testing questions-answers and exercises using abstracts from real articles. Courses and Journal Clubs can now use Studying a Study and Testing a Test with the help of a special section of the Website. Clear the path to a new understanding of evidence-based medicine...and integrate today's best evidence into tomorrow's practice.
Riegelman, Richard: - Richard K. Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhD is Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Health Policy, and Founding Dean of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Healthin Washington, DC. His education includes an M.D. from the University of Wisconsin plus a M.P.H. and Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Riegelman practiced primary care internal medicine for over 20 years. Dr.Riegelman has over 70 publications including 6 books for students and practitioners of medicine and public health. He is currently editor of the Jones and Bartlett book series Essential Public Health. The series provides books and ancillary materials for the full spectrum of curricula for undergraduate public health as well as the core and cross-cutting competencies covered by the Certification in Public Health examination of the National Board of Public Health Examiners. He has taken a lead role in developing the Educated Citizen and Public Health initiative which has brought together arts and sciences and public health education associations to implement the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies recommendation that ...all undergraduates should have access to education in public health.. Dr. Riegelman also led the development of George Washington's undergraduate major and minor and currently teaches Public Health 101 and Epidemiology 101 to undergraduates.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780781745765 |
| ISBN 10 | 0781745764 |
| Title | Studying a Study and Testing a Test |
| Author | Richard K Riegelman |
| Series | Core Handbook Series In Pediatrics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins |
| Year published | 2004-10-25 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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