Critical Appraisal of Three Articles on Radiographic Examination and Interaction with Paediatric Patients

Critical Appraisal

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................3
REVIEW....................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION..........................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Critical appraisal may be defined as a process which lays emphasis on identifying the
positives and negative aspects of specific article or paper. Moreover, each research paper is
either appreciated or criticized by other scholars on the basis of sample size, type of
investigation, data undertaken and analysis made. Findings presented by other scholars are
the main point of critique which is undertaken by researcher at the time of doing critical
appraisal. For the present report three articles have been selected such as radiographic
examination (2), interaction between the paediatric patient and radiographer (3) and Gonad
shielding in paediatric pelvic radiography: effectiveness and practise (6). In this, report will
present critical analysis of all such three articles on the ground of several aspects such as
methodology, findings and discussion.
REVIEW
A critical literature review would be conducted on three primary articles. These would
include Immobilisation and restraint of paediatric patients during plain film radiographic
examination (article2), An observational study based on the interaction between the
paediatric patient and radiographer (article 3) and Gonad shielding in paediatric pelvic
radiography: effectiveness and practise (article 6). Among the three selected there are two
qualitative (articles 2 and 3) and one quantitative (article 6) papers (see appendix1). The
learner would be summarising evidence, critically exploring the links between methods and
findings along with identifying key themes that are similar and those which go in a different
direction. To help the learner critically review the articles Gill Marshall’s article on critiquing
research would be used.
Critical thinking is seen as a key skill for all health professionals when they are
expected to base their practise on sound evidence(Castle, 2009). A critical evaluation of an
article should be done so the reader can make a decision on the value of the article(Marshall,
2005).
The title is the first set of words which should reflect the content of the article with
accuracy and precision but be of an academic standard which would entice the reader to keep
reading.The key words present should summarize the main theme on what the article is about
allowing literature search with the help of the keywords. The abstract should be always