Reading a scientific paper

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The following free to access articles provide clear, useful advice as to how to read and understand scientific papers:

• Getting your bearings (deciding what the paper is about) Trisha Greenhalgh

• Assessing the methodological quality of published papers Trisha Greenhalgh (pg 5 of PDF onwards)

• Papers that summarise other papers (systematic reviews and meta-analyses) Trisha Greenhalgh (pg 8 of PDF onwards) 

• Papers that go beyond numbers (qualitative research) Trisha Greenhalgh, Rod Taylor (pg 5 of PDF onwards)