Article Critique Submission Guidelines

A summary (750 words) of a single article; outlining the topic, interventions and results or outcomes. Follow the guidelines below. 

1. Citation for article (author, date, title, journal, page numbers) 
2. Overall study question (with a brief background if necessary) 
3. The methods used to answer the question (what was done to the subjects) 

Critique 

1. General information 

• Was the design appropriate to answer the study question and clearly identified? 
• Was the sample size was adequate (how did authors determine sample size)? 
• What was the intervention, instruments/measures used? Were these appropriate? 
• What were the outcomes of the study? 
• Are the results clinically significant? Are the results relevant to practice? 

2. Conclusions

• How can the results be applied to my patient care
• Will the results help me in caring for my patients?

3. Overall Assessment 

• Take-home message—how (or not) were the findings of this study relevant to practice? 
• What would you like your colleagues to know from this article? 
• Would you recommend this article to your colleagues?

Format

You may use whatever format you wish. We will convert accepted papers to AMA format.