Open AccessCritical appraisal of published research papers – A reinforcing tool for research methodology: Questionnaire-based study
Author(s) -
Snehalata Gajbhiye,
Raakhi K Tripathi,
Urwashi Parmar,
Nishtha Khatri,
Anirudha Vyankatesh Potey
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in clinical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2229-5488
pISSN - 2229-3485
DOI - 10.4103/picr.picr_107_18
Subject(s) - critical appraisal , medical education , journal club , curriculum , psychology , performance appraisal , critical thinking , medicine , perception , criticism , alternative medicine , mathematics education , pedagogy , pathology , management , political science , neuroscience , law , economics
Critical appraisal of published research papers is routinely conducted as a journal club (JC) activity in pharmacology departments of various medical colleges across Maharashtra, and it forms an important part of their postgraduate curriculum. The objective of this study was to evaluate the perception of pharmacology postgraduate students and teachers toward use of critical appraisal as a reinforcing tool for research methodology. Evaluation of performance of the in-house pharmacology postgraduate students in the critical appraisal activity constituted secondary objective of the study.