Please use the following article(s) for your critical review(s)
There should be a total reading span of 10-30 pages; any additional set of 10-30 pages would count as extra credit for Mr. DeMott's students. Extra credit will only be earned if all other work is completed.
http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/142/2/181 The Impact of Video Games Impacting on Training Surgeons in the 21st Century
http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/133/1/56.full Simulation Based Education.....
http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/content/101/4/1127.full A simulation based acute skills......
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED377806.pdf Pulmonary Disease Prevention
http://archsurg.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/142/2/181 The Impact of Video Games Impacting on Training Surgeons in the 21st Century
http://chestjournal.chestpubs.org/content/133/1/56.full Simulation Based Education.....
http://www.anesthesia-analgesia.org/content/101/4/1127.full A simulation based acute skills......
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED377806.pdf Pulmonary Disease Prevention
How to do a critical review
How to Write a Critical Review (Summarize a Research Article)
Overview
When writing a critical review of an article, you will need to summarize, evaluate, and offer critical comment on the ideas and information that the author(s) presents in the article.
Research / scientific articles are highly structured to make information easy to find. The research article usually has the following sections: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, References, and Tables / Figures.
Your goal should be to read and understand the article, analyze the findings or arguments, and evaluate and comment on the article.
Reading the Article
Ask yourself these questions:
· What is interesting about this information?
· How does the author(s) support the hypothesis?
· What is the main aim of the article?
· Is the article timely?
· Is the argument / thesis convincing? Is the evidence valid?
· How does the study design address the thesis?
· What are the controls for each experiment?
· Is the methodology appropriate? Any weaknesses?
· Are the results convincing? Is it comprehensive and through?
· What questions remain unanswered? Anything omitted?
· Are the findings presented and described clearly and fully?
· Could the data be interpreted in another way?
· How does the article contribute to the field? Does it make an original contribution to the field?
· How does the article relate to the course?
Writing the Article Summary
Introduction
· Give the title of the article and name of the author(s) and provide a full citation of the article. Identify the writer by profession or importance.
· Identify the purpose of the article.
· Tell what the research question is and explain why it is interesting and important. Give your overall impression.
· It is important that the introductory paragraph include a thesis statement which identifies the main points you will be discussing in the body (analysis) of the review.
Body (Analysis)
· Briefly describe the methods, design of the study, how many subjects were involved, what they did, the variables, what was measured, and where the research was conducted.
· Describe the results / what was found.
· Write an analytical summary of the main findings, arguments, or conclusions of the article / study.
· Discuss the strengths and usefulness of the article / study.
· Discuss the weaknesses, limitations, or problems of the article / study.
· Discuss what you learned from the article and if you recommend it to other students.
· Support your analysis with quotations and/or specific examples throughout.
Conclusion
· Summarize the previous discussion.
· Make a final judgment on the value of the article.
· State what you learned from the article.
· Comment on the future or implications of the research.
Overview
When writing a critical review of an article, you will need to summarize, evaluate, and offer critical comment on the ideas and information that the author(s) presents in the article.
Research / scientific articles are highly structured to make information easy to find. The research article usually has the following sections: Title Page, Abstract, Introduction, Method, Results, Discussion, References, and Tables / Figures.
Your goal should be to read and understand the article, analyze the findings or arguments, and evaluate and comment on the article.
Reading the Article
- Allow enough time to understand it.
- Read the article to gain an overall idea of its main idea.
- Identify:
- the research question (usually stated in the Abstract and Introduction)
- the hypothesis(es) (usually in the Introduction)
- the test of the hypothesis (in the Methods)
- the findings (in the Results, including tables and figures)
- how the findings were interpreted (in the Discussion)
Ask yourself these questions:
· What is interesting about this information?
· How does the author(s) support the hypothesis?
· What is the main aim of the article?
· Is the article timely?
· Is the argument / thesis convincing? Is the evidence valid?
· How does the study design address the thesis?
· What are the controls for each experiment?
· Is the methodology appropriate? Any weaknesses?
· Are the results convincing? Is it comprehensive and through?
· What questions remain unanswered? Anything omitted?
· Are the findings presented and described clearly and fully?
· Could the data be interpreted in another way?
· How does the article contribute to the field? Does it make an original contribution to the field?
· How does the article relate to the course?
Writing the Article Summary
Introduction
· Give the title of the article and name of the author(s) and provide a full citation of the article. Identify the writer by profession or importance.
· Identify the purpose of the article.
· Tell what the research question is and explain why it is interesting and important. Give your overall impression.
· It is important that the introductory paragraph include a thesis statement which identifies the main points you will be discussing in the body (analysis) of the review.
Body (Analysis)
· Briefly describe the methods, design of the study, how many subjects were involved, what they did, the variables, what was measured, and where the research was conducted.
· Describe the results / what was found.
· Write an analytical summary of the main findings, arguments, or conclusions of the article / study.
· Discuss the strengths and usefulness of the article / study.
· Discuss the weaknesses, limitations, or problems of the article / study.
· Discuss what you learned from the article and if you recommend it to other students.
· Support your analysis with quotations and/or specific examples throughout.
Conclusion
· Summarize the previous discussion.
· Make a final judgment on the value of the article.
· State what you learned from the article.
· Comment on the future or implications of the research.