Back to the basics: reading research literature.(HIGHER EDUCATION IN DEPTH)

Research reports, even those studies that are dazzlingly intelligent and make immensely useful contributions to clinical practice, often go ignored by practicing clinicians. Although required to read research in our academic preparation, we may have experienced professional drift once we went to work.

Yet knowledge of the recent and relevant research literature is basic to achieving and maintaining clinical competence. And staying abreast of clinically relevant research is especially important in the current climate in health service delivery with an increasing emphasis on ...

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