research critique...

... erm... any tips??? i'm soooooo confuddled by it all!

I found Colin Rees book `An introduction to reseach for midwives ` a very straightforward read and good platform to go from. I also used Helen Roberts. Here`s my reference list. My focus was on ethics

Hope it helps





Bond, S. (2000) "Preparing a research proposal". In: Cormack, D. (1991) The Research Process in Nursing: Fourth edition: Oxford, Blackwell Sciences

Department of Health (2001) Research governance framework of health and social care London: Department of Health

Draper, J (1997) "Potential and problems; the value of feminist approaches to research" British Journal of Midwifery: Volume 5: Issue 10 :Pages 597 – 600


Griffiths, P. (2006) "Being a research participant: the nurse’s ethical and legal rights". British Journal of Nursing: Volume 15: Number 7: Pages 386 - 390

Hugman (1991) Power in caring professions: Houndhills: Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan

Hunter, B. (1999) "Oral History and research, part 1 - uses and implications" British Journal of Midwifery: Volume. 7: Issue. 7: Pages 426 - 429

Kingdon, C (2005) "Reflexivity: Not just a qualitative methodological research too" British Journal of Midwifery: Volume 13: Issue 10: pages 622 - 627

Lavender, T. Briscoe, L, Baker,L. (2003) "The evolution and destiny of midwifery research": British Journal of Midwifery:

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Gillian

Third Year Student Midwife

Hi ateapotandacake. Is your research article qualitative or quantitative? Do you have a choice? I personally would recommend doing a quantitative one, because it's easier to systematically critique it, in my opinion. This module was a tough one fo me too, but I would recommend reading and re-reading over again your research article, to really understand it and be completely familiar with it. Also, a group of us got together to talk about the article, and that helped unveil certain things that I hadn't picked up on, and likewise for the other girls.
I think it's also important to remember that you can't cover absolutely everything about the article, so pick the main points that affect the validity and reliability of the study, and remember to discuss the clinically effectiveness of it i.e. whether or not it is useful for practice. And remember, to point out both the good AND bad points, so that you're giving a balanced argument, instead of slating it.
One tip I can give is to take a look at some practising midwife journals.... They often do 'research unwrapped' articles, where guest midwives write critiques on recent research. Reading these is great to give you ideas about how to word your own critique and on writing style, and the key areas to discuss. A great book is Cluett and Bluff (Principles and Practice of Research in Midwifery). Like Gillian said, Rees is also good. Sara Wickham also has a useful book (Appraising Research into Childbirth: An interactive workbook).
Make sure that you do a thorough literature search around the topic to uncover whether the research is really necessary. Finally, make sure that you really get your head around the prinicples of research, and the process of undertaking research, and then hopefully you won't miss out the important bits.
Hope this has helped someway. Good luck with it!

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3rd year Student Midwife

Thanks guys this stuff is really great! I am going to do some reading methinks. And I haven't picked me article yet, but I reckon it'll be a quantative one.

Cheers peoples
xxxx

I critiqued a qualitative study on 'Abortion, the past reaches into the Present', which looked at the long term psychological effects of having a termination on later life. Here's my references, see if they help.

Baker, J. (2005) Birth MIDIRS

Bluff, R(1997) Evaluating qualitative research , British Journal of Midwifery , Vol. 5 No: 4 PP232-235

Emden, C. and Sandelowski, M. (1998) The good, the bad and the relative, part one: Conceptions of goodness in qualitative research . International Journal of Nursing Practice 4 (4), 206–212

Forchhuk, C. and Roberts, J. 1992. How to critique qualitative research articles. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. 25 (4) 47-55

Glaser, B. and Strauss, A. (1967) The Discovery of Grounded Theory Strategies for Qualitative Research.
Aldine.

Mays, N & Pope, C(1995) Rigor & qualitative research, British Medical Journal, Vol. 311 PP109-112

Royal College of Midwives. 2000. Vision 2000. Royal College of Midwives.

Rees, C. (2003) Research for Midwives
London. Elsevier.

www.nice.org.uk

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I have to critique two at the moment, one qualative and one quantative, hahahaha !!!

Totalllllllly going over my head lol

I've got a quantitive article to critique atm.. I'm sooo confused by it and its due in like 6 weeks! eek

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3rd Year!
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I too am in the hell hole that is critiquing. Thank you for your advise it will be well used.

Hi Cg, fancy seeing you here, if you manage to figure it out you will let me know wont you!!!!

Am currently critiquing at the moment and finding a total nightmare - this link is very useful - thanks everyone