Ideal for clinical students includingmedical, nursing, pharmacy, dental, physician assistant and more!Evidence-based information plays a critical role in clinical practice decisions. Secondary sources are often unreliable; it's up to the student, then, to critically assess peer-reviewed research literature. Using a highly structured yet accessible method, this best-selling text teaches students to critically analyze research from primary sources. Step-by-step approach learn to recognize a meaningful study, clues to potential study flaws, and ways to apply solid evidence in clinical practiceSimple 6-point framework: learn to evaluate studies in terms of the author's trademark mnemonic device, M.A.A.R.I.E. (Methods, Assignment, Assessment, Results, Interpretation and Extrapolation).

Revised edition of: Studying a study and testing a test : how to read the medical evidence / Richard K. Riegelman. 5th ed. ©2005.

Studying a study : M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, method, assignment, assessment -- Studying a study : M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, results -- Studying a study : M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, interpretation, extrapolation -- Randomized controlled trials -- Observational studies -- Safety -- Meta-analysis -- Testing a test : M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, method, assignment, and assessment -- Testing a test : M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, results, interpretation, extrapolation -- Screening : prediction and decision rules -- Decision and cost-effectiveness analysis : M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, method, assignment, assessment -- Decision and cost-effectiveness analysis : M.A.A.R.I.E. framework, results, interpretation, extrapolation -- A guide to the guidelines -- Translating evidence into practice.