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8. Evidence-based management
Step 3: Critical appraisal of studies
5-step approach
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1. Title
2. Abstract
3. Introduction
4. Background / review of literature
5. Organizational context
6. Methodology
7. Results
8. Discussion
Structure of an article
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1.Title
Not always a good indication of the content of
the article
2. Abstract
Sometimes unclear. What should be in it:
a summary of the the research question, key
methods, results and conclusions of the study
Structure of an article
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3. Introduction
Should contain the research question (PICOC!) or
hypotheses tested
6. Methodology
Should describe exactly how the research was carried out:
7. Results
Should tell the reader what the findings were. All outcome
measures must be reported and confidence intervals for
effect sizes should be presented.
8. Discussion
- Interpretation of the results / relation to theory
- Comparison with the results of other studies
- Weaknesses / limitations of the study
- Implications
- Recommendations
In general
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www.cebma.org/ebp-tools
Standard appraisal questions
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