MADE EASY SERIES • BOOK 3 OF 3
A Beginner’s Guide to Peer Review and Critical Appraisal for Medical and Dental Authors and Reviewers
By Prof. Zahid Mahmood, Professor of Surgery, Lahore Medical and Dental College
A simple, step-by-step method for reviewing a paper, with checklists, a running worked example and a sample review report you can copy.
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- What Is Peer Review?
- The Journey of a Manuscript
- What Editors Check First (Desk Review)
- The Easy Reviewing Method — Three Readings
- Reviewing Title, Abstract, Introduction and Methods
- Reviewing Results, Statistics, Tables and Figures
- Reviewing the Discussion, Conclusion and References
- Appraising by Study Type
- Writing the Review Report
- For Authors — Responding to Reviewers
- Ethics of Peer Review, Predatory Journals and Common Pitfalls
Ends with a ready-to-use reviewer’s checklist and a sample review report. Useful for authors submitting their first papers, doctors invited to review for a journal, and students preparing for journal club.
Made Easy series: 1. Research Methodology Made Easy → 2. Biostatistics Made Easy → 3. How Articles Are Reviewed
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© Prof. Zahid Mahmood, 2026. Free for personal study.