With many thanks to all who replied to my request for articles suitable for
critical appraisal training sessions- you are an illustrious and far-flung
bunch! Here are the responses I've recieved so far:
Matt Williams from Cancer Research UK suggested:
There are two from JCO which are good (and a little light-hearted):
I can only find one reference, though:
Prose R, Conns BB. Lack of benefit of combination
chemotherapy for metastatic carcinoma of the great toe.
J Clin Oncol 1989;7:974–8.
Dr Carlos Cuello from the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at ITESM,
Mexico suggested a holistic approach to finding articles, plus some useful
websites:
I use several sources (including handsearches) for recommending interesting
articles for our journal clubs in my website, based on its newsworthiness
and relevance for the faculty, clinicians and residents. Medscape is a good
source, but my favorite is MORE from McMaster which is linked to
BMJ-updates. You can become a rater online for MORE, just follow the links
http://plus.mcmaster.ca/MORE/
http://bmjupdates.mcmaster.ca/
http://www.medscape.com/welcome/news
Paul Glaziou suggested the following articles which he's used with GPs:
1. Farmer et al. Impact of self monitoring of blood glucose in the
management of patients with non-insulin treated diabetes: open parallel
group randomised trial BMJ 2007
2. Nissen SE, Wolski, K. Effect of Rosiglitazone on the Risk of
Myocardial Infarction and Death from Cardiovascular Causes NEJM June 14,
2007.
have both been practice changing and
3. Dorey G, Speakman M, Feneley R, Swinkels A, Dunn C, Ewings P.
Randomised controlled trial of pelvic floor muscle exercises and
manometric biofeedback for erectile dysfunction. Br J Gen Pract. 2004
Nov;54(508):819-25.
Ronan Conroy from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland suggested a
different tack:
"rather than trying to
pick articles with interesting features, I pick anything at all
relevant. I am often surprised with what students find in what seemed
to be unremarkable articles. My only criterion is that the reader
should not need a specialised background to understand the content of
the article (so specialised articles are OK so long as they explain
the background well).
There is a temptation to pick articles with obvious 'teaching
points'. However, there's a lot to be said for teaching people to be
able to appraise any article. And I have yet to pick an article from
which no-one learned anything.
I pick papers that are five or six years old, because as part of the
appraisal I get students to report on what has happened since and to
evaluate the contribution of the paper. Gives them more of a sense of
the connectedness of science.
Michael Power from the Clinical Knowledge Summaries Service suggested: "a
pair of articles that you could use to
promote spin detection skills:
1) Smith RB, Moodie J. Curr Med Res Opin 1990;12:12–18
2) Smith RB, Moodie J. Curr Med Res Opin 1990;11:661–667.
Questions for your group to consider:
1) Do the two studies report the same outcome measures? And, if not, why
not?
2) Are the findings for Sofradex consistent with those in other studies?
And, if not, why not?
Brian Alper, editor in chief of DynaMed, recommened his resource:
You can view the DynaMed Weekly Update at
http://www.ebsconewsletter.com/dmweeklyupdate/
This can provide 1-5 articles for week of recent interest for journal clubs.
To receive DynaMed Weekly Update for free, just sign up at
http://www.ebsconewsletter.com/dmweeklyupdate/e_article000696166.cfm?x=b11,0
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Will post again with any more responses I get!
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