Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy

Judith Garrard

Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 211 pages

Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matric Method, Third Edition helps students and practitioners better understand scientific literature by instilling the essential skills (via the matrix method) needed to evaluate article findings critically. Covered at the most basic level are the fundamental principles of searching, organizing, reviewing, and synthesizing. Woven throughout the text are visual examples and a single case study This easy-to-read and practical reference is an invaluable aid to students, researchers, and practitioners. Completely revised and updated, the Third Edition reflects the switch out of "paper" mode and into electronic mode. New to this edition are clinical practice examples and references to PubMed and PubMed Central in addition to information on reference management softwares such as endnote and refworks.

Contents

• THE MATRIX METHOD: 59
• APPLICATIONS USING THE MATRIX METHOD: 139
• USEFUL RESOURCES FOR LITERATURE REVIEWS: 181
• STRUCTURE OF COMPUTER FOLDERS FOR THE MATRIX METHOD: 193
• INDEX: 201
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 211

About the author

Judith Garrard, PhD, is a research psychologist with postgraduate training in epidemiology. She is has been a professor at the University of Minnesota since 1971.She is the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research in the School of Public Health and Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health. Dr. Garrard teaches graduate courses in research methods and program evaluation in health and mental health programs. Her research specialty is pharmacoepidemiology and patient outcomes, with a focus on prescription drug use by elderly people in the community, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities. Her peer reviewed publications include papers on psychotropic drug use, including antipsychotics, antidepressants, and antianxiety drugs. Over the past 10 years, she has led a team of colleagues in pharmacy, neurology, and biostatistics in NIH funded research on the use of antiepileptic drug use by nursing home residents. Her past research has been funded by the National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, AHRQ, HCFA, and private foundations including the AARP-Andrus Foundation, Retirement Research Foundation, and the American Society for Consultant Pharmacists. In 1989, Dr. Garrard received the Leonard M. Schuman Excellence in Teaching Award, and in 1991 a Career Research Award in social and behavioral geriatrics from the National Institute on Aging, NIH. In 1999, her book, Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy: The Matrix Method, was published by Aspen Publications, Inc.; 2nd edition: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2007; and 3rd edition: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, 2010.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Health Sciences Literature Review Made Easy
• Author: Judith Garrard
• Edition: revised
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011
• ISBN: 0763771864, 9780763771867
• Length: 211 pages
• Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Handwriting; Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Cataloging & Classification; Medical / General; Medical / Nursing / Research & Theory; Medical / Reference; Medical / Research