USAFP Research Forum - Judging Form - Case Report


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Primary Author:

To score a given component, choose the box that most closely represents the quality of the abstract.  Not every element of the definition in a given box must be met in order to choose that score, but the majority of section elements should correspond with your score.  Most scores will be 5-7’s. 


Rating Area

Scoring

Absent/Deficient
(0 -2 Points)

Poor-Marginal
 (3-5 points)

Average-Good
(6-8 points)

Outstanding
(9-10 points)

Introduction/Objective:
- title
- statement of purpose
- applicability to family medicine

Confusing or misleading title; no clear statement of purpose; not directly applicable to Family Medicine

Ambiguous title; unclear statement of purpose; minimally important to Family Medicine

Clear title; clear statement of purpose; of average importance to Family Medicine

Clear and concise title; strong statement of purpose; of highest importance to Family Medicine
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Case Report:
- patient presentation
- evaluation and
- case outcomemanagement

Major elements of case excluded; incomplete presentation of evaluation, management or case outcome

Poorly organized case presentation; poorly delineated evaluation, management , case outcome

Well organized case presentation; clearly delineated evaluation, management and case outcome

 Superior case presentation; evaluation, management and case outcome of high educational value
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Discussion:
- contribution to medical knowledge
- comparison with the existing literature
- scholarly questions generated by case

No comparison to the existing literature; no contribution to medical knowledge; no scholarly questions generated

Minimal comparison to the literature; adds little to medical knowledge; weak scholarly questions generated

Standard comparison to medical literature; reasonable addition to medical knowledge; logical scholarly questions generated

Exceptional comparison to literature; important contribution to medical knowledge; insightful scholarly questions generated from case

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Conclusion:
- based on the presented case
- based on existing literature
- implications for practice or policy

No conclusion; conclusion has no logical connect to case or literature; implications not proposed

Conclusion loosely tied to the presented case and lit. review; implications not supported; conclusion unrelated to Intro

Conclusion follows logically from case and literature; reasonable implications supported by case; conclusion matches Introduction

Conclusions strongly supported by case & lit; important implications proposed & supported by case; conclusion augments Introduction

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Structure:
- required elements present
- style & grammar
- clarity

Proper format not used; poor grammar used throughout; significant lack of clarity

Poor grammar used at times; unclear writing  in several sections

Proper grammar; easy to read style; clearly written in most sections

Consistently proper grammar;  eloquently written; clear and concise throughout

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Comments:

Submitter Name: - Just use your Judge Designation (i.e. "Judge #23")


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