TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - How to Read a Journal Article A1 - Mazer, Laura A1 - Butler, Kathryn A2 - Mazer, Laura M. A2 - Lagisetty, Kiran A2 - Butler, Kathryn L. PY - 2017 T2 - Pocket Journal Club: Essential Articles in General Surgery AB - This book intends to equip you with a foundational knowledge of landmark articles in general surgery. The introductory chapter, “Finding Answers,” provides tools with which to conduct literature searches and identify high-impact articles. In this chapter, we describe a method for reading and interpreting journal articles in order to apply them to your clinical practice. Whether you are reading a landmark study within a field, running a literature search to answer a clinical question, or scanning an interesting abstract in the latest issue of a journal, assessment of the literature requires a logical and systematic approach to reading scientific manuscripts. The following discussion outlines key questions to consider when reading each section of a journal article. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1191193142 ER -