Summary of findings, strengths and limitations, comparisons with other studies, conclusions and implications.
| Example Summary findings |
| The participating practices adopted most elements of the CCM [Chronic Care Model], including development of inter-professional teams, delegation of provision of care by appropriate team members, implementation of patient self-management strategies, group visits, proactive patient management—anticipating the needs of patients as opposed to providing reactive management—and use of an information system to track individual patient measures. In addition, resident training programs successfully incorporated educational strategies for learning the elements of evidence-based chronic illness care.81 |
| Explanation The structure of the discussion will follow the style of the journal, but ideally should include summary of findings, strengths and limitations, comparisons with other studies, implications (see item 26) and conclusions.96 |