Outline for Understanding Clinical Reprints
An Interactive Training Program

1.0 Structure of a clinical reprint
	1.1 Title of abstract
	1.2 Introduction
	1.3 Methods
	1.4 Results
	1.5 Comments or discussion/conclusion
	1.6 References/bibliography
2.0 Comparative vs. descriptive studies
3.0 Dependent, independent, and control variables
4.0 Hypotheses
	4.1 Null hypotheses
	4.2 Errors in hypothesis testing
5.0 The classic experimental design
	5.1 Comparison
	5.2 Manipulation
	5.3 Control
	5.4 Generalizability (external validity)
6.0 Measurement
	6.1 Normality
	6.2 Regression
	6.3 Correlation
	6.4 Measures of central tendency
	6.5 Probabilities
	6.6 Confidence intervals
	6.7 Bar graphs vs. frequency graphs
	6.8 The principles of table reading
	6.9 Nanparametric test (Chi-square)
7.0 Primary literature
8.0 Secondary literature
9.0 Tertiary and other literature
10.0 Other publication categories
11.0 References