Library: Evidence-Based Practice (SCGH): Appraise

Appraise

Before you can apply evidence to your patient, you need to undertake a thorough appraisal. The four questions below are from the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) at Oxford University. These provide a good starting point for appraising any clinical question.

Critical Appraisal

"Critical appraisal is the systematic evaluation of clinical research papers in order to establish:

Does this study address a clearly focused question?
Did the study use valid methods to address this question?
Are the valid results of this study important?
Are these valid, important results applicable to my patient or population?"

From: Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM)

Critical Appraisal Tools & Tutorials

CASP Checklists
CATmaker Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford, UK). CATmaker is a computer-assisted critical appraisal tool. It provides guided Therapy, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Aetiology/Harm and Systematic Reviews of Therapy
Critical appraisal: notes and checklists Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
Critical appraisal of medical literature online tutorial Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Critical appraisal tools Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford, UK). Provides a list of useful tools to critically appraise the validity of your literature
Critical appraisal tools - JBI JBI’s critical appraisal tools assist in assessing the trustworthiness, relevance and results of published papers.
Critical appraisal worksheets Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
Protocols to critically review quantitative and qualitative research articles Occupational Therapy Evidence-Based Practice Research Group, McMaster University

Evidence-Based Practice (SCGH): Appraise

Appraise

Critical Appraisal

Critical Appraisal Tools & Tutorials

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