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Making sense of research: A guide for critiquing a paper
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Learning how to critique research articles is one of the fundamental skills of scholarship in any discipline. The range, quantity and quality of publications available today via print, electronic and Internet databases means it has become essential to equip students and practitioners with the prerequisites to judge the integrity and usefulness of published research. Finding, understanding and critiquing quality articles can be a difficult process. This article sets out some helpful indicators to assist the novice to make sense of research.
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Low prevalence of reporting of participant race and ethnicity in gastroenterology research publications
Burton-Murray, Helen Ph.D 1,2,*,a ; Vélez, Christopher M.D 1,2,* ; Boyd, Taylor M.D, M.M.S.c 1,* ; Garcia-Fischer, Isabelle 2 ; Paz, Mary B.S 2 ; Weeks, Imani B.A 2 ; Kiser, Katheryn B.A 2 ; Chan, Andrew T. M.D, M.P.H. 1,2
1 Harvard Medical School, 401 Park Drive, Boston, MA 02215
2 Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Wang 5, Boston, MA 02114
a Corresponding author: Helen Burton-Murray, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Bartlett 9, Boston, MA 02114; E-mail: [email protected]
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Empirical information on the evolution of reporting race and ethnicity information in gastroenterology research is lacking. To facilitate understanding of where improvements are needed to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in gastroenterology research, we aimed to evaluate reporting and representation by race and ethnicity in studies published in flagship United States-based gastroenterology journals over 20 years
Methods:
We manually reviewed reporting and representation by race and ethnicity in all original research articles published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology and Gastroenterology in 2000, 2010, and 2020
Results:
Of 1,168 publications, 24% reported information on race/ethnicity, significantly more commonly reported in US-based studies vs non-US based studies. While reporting significantly increased over time, reporting rates were still low as of 2020 (37% overall; 54% with US samples)
Conclusions:
We recommend that gastroenterology journals create standard reporting requirements for sociodemographic information, including information on race, ethnicity, and/or cultural background.
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1. Use these guidelines to critique your selected research article to be included in your research proposal. You do not need to address all the questions indicated in this guideline, and only include the questions that apply. 2. Prepare your report as a paper with appropriate headings and use APA format 5th edition.
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