Findings

• What are the findings?
• State briefly in your own words

Discussion issues

• Summarises key discussion points.
• Have the authors discussed their findings in relation to other research and their own original aims?
• Have the authors mentioned limitations of their study and what are they?
• Have you identified any additional limitations?
• Have the authors given recommendations for general practice, this is acceptable if you think the findings are transferable or generalisable?
• Summarise any recommendations.
• Have the authors mentioned the need for future research and what form should it take? Summarise.

Overall view of research

• Briefly state what you thought of this as a piece of research and why.
• How could this research be used in practice.

Written by Lesley Whyte, Angela Poat, Louise James, Rosemary Whyte and edited by Marion Kelt