Order Description
This is a 2200 word postgraduate assignment on public health medicine. The aim is to do an epidemiological appraisal.
1) Read all 3 articles and choose one the the articles.
2) Once you have chosen the article, you need to thoroughly read and begin to critically appraise the study to see whether there are any conclusions you may feel less or more confident in.
Above is just a summary of what the assignment is about. Please refer to the document “PHM Assessment” uploaded for more details.
I have also uploaded the 3 papers required to be read, as well as uploaded a pdf on the ‘Principles of critical appraisal’. There are also helpful links included in the ‘PHM Assessment’ document.
Please feel free to contact me for more details. Thank you.
P.S. A clinical vignette will be posted on next Friday, 7th october, for task 3.
Public Health Medlcme (PHM)
Introduction
Your future clinical decisions should be made utilising robust and up-to-date evidence and your own
critical appraisal. Understanding the epidemiological underpinnings of this evidence -base is an
essential skillfor all medical graduates. This assessmenttask requires you to thoroughly investigate and
critique epidemiological studies ofdinical relevance and develop yourability to providea rational basis
for consideration ofdisease prevention, health creation and clinical decision-making. Furthermore, you
will develop and hone the skills necessary to read and interpret researdi presented in medical journals
and furtherconsolidate your knowlecge of epidemiological terms, principles and methods-
In part 1, you will begin with the review of an experimental epidemiological study- There will be 3
papers released on CloudDeakin. You should read all 3 – but will ON LY need to choose 1 of these for
this assessment-
In part 2, you will use your critical appraisal and clinical evidence gathering skills to investigate the
findings of earlier observational studies related to the paper you chose in Part 1.
Part 3 of this assessment task requires you to relate the research to current clinical practice. You will
need to utilise the library and online resources extensiver as well as the medical librarian
and other online resources to gain the full breadth of learning opportunities this
assessme nt task was designed to provide-
Assessment weighting and Submission Requirements
Your submission is limited to 2000 words (excluding references, figures and headings). Please
note that the word counts provided in the task outline below are indicative only.
Assessment Goals
This assignment enables you to demonstrate your:
0 Understanding of the research objectives and methods of avariety ofepidemiological studies
0 Abilityto identify the parameters of data validity and critical appraisal of its limitations
0 Summation of the important results of the study and their relevance to the objectives of the
study
0 Knowledge of potential biases and their effect on the study outcomes-
0 Identification of the techniques used/ not used in the study to control for those biases-
0 Critical assessment of the literature and perception of its applicability, originality and
importance.
0 Abilityto presenta sound and logical conclusion that summarises the review ofthe study
0 Application offindingsto clinical practice.
