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ESSENTIAL READING

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Objective

Reading comprehension is the ability to understand a written passage of text. It is the
necessary skill for effective reading, which is essential for an academic, and in professional field.
In the pharmaceutical field, dealing with many textbooks, clinical trials, professional journals,
evidence-based medicine guidelines, etc. are common, hence the reading comprehension skill is
considered as a crucial skill that is required in this field. The objectives of this class 3 Essentials in
Professional Reading Comprehension are to first, to understand the basic components and
characteristics of reading materials in health/pharmacy. As mentioned above, understanding
these would make the benefit to the reader such that the reader can easily read clearly understood
with flow. Next objective is to improve reading skills through effective strategies, there are a
variety of ways to improve reading skills.

In case that selected the suitable strategies, the more practice the more to gain ability. The last
objective is to learn critical appraisal skills of various types of reading. Critical appraisal skills are
very crucial skills that are needed in the pharmaceutical field to evaluate whether the article or
research paper is trustworthy or not.

Introduction

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