Open AccessPrescribers' Knowledge and Skills for Interpreting Research Results: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Leila Kahwati,
Dennis P. Carmody,
Nancy D Berkman,
Helen W. Sullivan,
Kathryn J. Aikin,
Joseph DeFrank
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of continuing education in the health professions/journal of continuing education in the health professions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1554-558X
pISSN - 0894-1912
DOI - 10.1097/ceh.0000000000000150
Subject(s) - critical appraisal , extant taxon , biostatistics , psychological intervention , psychology , relevance (law) , medical education , medline , perception , medicine , family medicine , alternative medicine , nursing , public health , pathology , evolutionary biology , neuroscience , political science , law , biology
Appropriate medication prescribing may be influenced by a prescriber's ability to understand and interpret medical research. The objective of this review was to synthesize the research related to prescribers' critical appraisal knowledge and skills-defined as the understanding of statistical methods, biases in studies, and relevance and validity of evidence.