Family Medicine
  University of Washington
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  Seattle, WA 98195
  (206) 543-9425

Critical Literature Review in Family Medicine - III Selective 2

Students can complete a systematic, critical review of scientific literature on a topic of their choice related to the broad scope of family medicine. Formal written reviews can meet the III Selective 2 requirement. Original research usually starts with such a review of the current literature on the study topic. Successful reviews are built around a focused research question. One approach to defining a questions is the PICOS format: patient, population, problem, intervention, comparison, outcome, study.

Family Medicine Resources on Critical Literature Review

Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial

UW Department of Family Medicine

http://www.fammed.washington.edu/ebp/EBP_Tutorial.html

 

How to Read a Paper. BMJ.com

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/collections/read.shtml

 

Other Resources on Critical Appraisal and Evidence-Based Medicine

CREM - Critical Reading and Evaluation of the Medical Literature

UW-SOM Course

http://courses.washington.edu/crem/index.html

 

JAMA Users' Guide to the Medical Literature

Centre for Health Evidence - Users' Guides to Evidence-Based Practice

http://www.cche.net/usersguides/main.asp

See also: http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/uwsom/fs_III.asp

 

UW III-2 Resources on Critical Literature Review

Preparing an III Petition for a Literature Review

http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/som/iii/petition2_prepare.html

 

III Selective 2 Proposal Form

http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/uwsom/fs_III.asp

 

 

 

Updated: 4/5/05