How to Read and Critique Research
eBook - ePub

How to Read and Critique Research

A Guide for Nursing and Healthcare Students

  1. 160 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

How to Read and Critique Research

A Guide for Nursing and Healthcare Students

About this book

Do you find research challenging to read? Do you struggle to get to grips with a research paper?

Understanding, critiquing and using research is a key requirement of students studying nursing and healthcare. This bookwill equip you with the skills you need to understand research and use it in your practice and academic assignments.

The approach used in this book is unique: each chapter focuses on a published researchĀ paper – one you might be asked to read for a seminar or include in your academic work. In clear, straightforward language, the authors take you through each paper step by step, using it as a basis for exploring the underpinning research method or design, and how it has been reported.

Key features:

Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Each chapter focuses on a different research method by working through a relevant research paper

Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Identifies the main skills you need for your course: understandingĀ research methods and critiquing articles

Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Written specifically for nursing and healthcare students by experienced nursing and health care lecturers

Ā·Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā  Develops your confidence in understanding research by helping you to apply your knowledge to real research papers.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Contents
  7. About the authors
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 Getting started with reading research
  11. 2 A survey paper
  12. 3 A generic qualitative research paper
  13. 4 A grounded theory paper
  14. 5 A phenomenology paper
  15. 6 A randomised controlled trial paper
  16. 7 A case-control study paper
  17. 8 A mixed methods study paper
  18. 9 An integrative review paper
  19. 10 A systematic review with meta-analysis paper
  20. 11 In summary
  21. References
  22. Index