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Evidence Based Medicine: How to Read a Paper

Try the IMRAD technique

Introduction - WHY the authors did the research

Methods - HOW they did the research and how they analyzed their findings

Results - WHAT they found

And

Discussion - What they think the findings MEAN

 

For more information on IMRAD, check out the paper series in BMJ:

How to read a paper (BMJ series)

or the subsequent book, "How to read a paper" by Trisha Greenhalgh: 

Tutorials for reading medical literature