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CAPACITY Resource Guide

This guide was developed for the CAPACITY program through Emory University's School of Nursing.

BMJ's "How to Read a Paper" Series

The "How to Read a Paper" series is used by health care professionals and students worldwide to learn how to critically read research articles.

How to read a paper. Assessing the methodological quality of published papers.
Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 1997 Aug 2;315(7103):305-8.
How to read a paper. Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about).
Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 1997 Jul 26;315(7102):243-6.
How to read a paper. Papers that report diagnostic or screening tests.
Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 1997 Aug 30;315(7107):540-3.
How to read a paper. Papers that report drug trials.
Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 1997 Aug 23;315(7106):480-3.
How to read a paper. Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses).
Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 1997 Sep 13;315(7109):672-5.
How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. I: Different types of data need different statistical tests.
Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 1997 Aug 9;315(7104):364-6.
How to read a paper. Statistics for the non-statistician. II: "Significant" relations and their pitfalls.
Greenhalgh T. BMJ. 1997 Aug 16;315(7105):422-5.

Other "How to" Articles

AJN's Evidence-Based Practice, Step by Step
A collection of 12 articles on EBP, from the American Journal of Nursing.

Tutorials

Evidence-based Practice Tutorial
From the University of Minnesota Health Sciences Library.
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice
Duke University Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.