Your critical appraisal should focus strictly on the material in the text and your analysis andevaluation of it.
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Description
HIMII 20 – (Week 72) Critical Appraisal Assignment
In your own words, submit a written appraisal of an article
dealing with some aspects or current issue in the health information
(preferably 3-4 pages double spaced in Word). Your critical appraisal should focus
strictly on the material in the text and your analysis andevaluation of it.
Select from one of the articles below for your
appraisal.
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000387
or
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6947/4/8
or
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0030336
or
http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0050179
or
http://perspectives.ahima.org/development-of-a-public-health-assessment-tool-to-prevent-lyme-disease-tool-construction-and-validation/#.UdDGPPlJ6s0
or
http://perspectives.ahima.org/leading-by-design/#.UdDW4vlJ6s0
In your critique, you should cover the following topics:
1.
Provide the full journal citation (title,
author, journal, volume, pages, year).
2.
Proved sufficient background information for the
reader to understand why the authors undertook the research they did and to
help place this work in its field.
3.
Follow the structure of the research article and
highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each section (eg. Introduction –
aims/purpose of study, methods, what
methodology was used (quantitative versus qualitative, were the data collection
methods appropriate to answer the questions asked, results: discussion/summary
including any limitations of the study and study methods).
4.
Sum up the strengths and weaknesses of the
research article as a whole; state the significance of this research.
Marking Schema
Content 40
Presentation 10
Overall Value 2%
