Competency information

Details

Critically appraise the peer-reviewed manuscript, focusing on potential biases and how these may impact on the findings.

Considerations

  • The analytical methods employed in the study.
  • Potential study biases, confounding and chance and their impact on measures of association:
    • selection bias
    • information bias
    • observer bias
    • loss to follow-up
    • misclassification
    • confounding and chance.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 3 Outcome Present a critical appraisal of a peer-reviewed analytical study, discussing potential biases and their impact on the findings.