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By
Stephen Lawrie, MD(Hons), MRCPsych, MPhil, Professor of Psychiatry and Imaging, Department of Psychiatry, Royal Edinbugh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
Andrew McIntosh, MD, MRCPsych, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Sanjay Rao, Senior House Officer, Andrew Duncan Clinic, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland
Included in series
MRCPsy Study Guides,
Description
A short introduction to critical appraisal, research methods and statistics in psychistry, aimed in particular at trainees sitting the MRCPsych and similar exams.
Audience
Trainee psychiatists plus some qualified psychiatrists
Contents
A rationale for EBMH. Clinical governance. Information needs in everyday clinical practice. Asking clinical questions. Getting answers.
Resources. Designing a research project. Case reports, series and uncontrolled studies. Surveys. Clincal audit.Qualitative studies.
Case-control studies. Cohort studies. Clinical trials. Economic analysis. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis. Types of data.
Rates. Probability. Parametric and non-parametric statistics. Measures of central tendency and dispersion. Camparing groups. Relationships
between groups. Multivariate statistics. Meta-analysis statistics. Critical appraisal diagnosis, treatment, systematic reviews and
meta-analysis, prognosis, economics, guidelines, aetiology/harm, clinical audit. Mock exam papers.
Bibliographic & ordering Information
Paperback, 288 pages, publication date: OCT-2000
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07017-4
ISBN-10: 0-443-07017-2
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
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Last update: 26 Aug 2008
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