East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Services: Critical Appraisal

"Critical Appraisal - what it is and why it is important.

Not all research is of sufficient quality to inform clinical decision making.  Therefore, you need to critically appraise evidence before using it to inform your clinical decision making. The three major aspects of evidence that you need to critically appraise are:

• Validity - can you trust it?
• Impact - are the results clinically important?
• Applicability - can you apply it to your patient?"

This information is provided under 'Creative Commons Licence" courtesy ofTurner, M. (2014). "Evidence-Based Practice in Health.” Retrieved from University of Canberra website:  https://canberra.libguides.com/evidence (To see the full tutorial visit the Canberra link).

The tutorials below can be found on the Cochrane Common Mental Disorders YouTube channel

Click on the links below for the remaining videos in this series.

Critical Appraisal 2 - Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis

Critical Appraisal 3 - Randomised Controlled Trials

Critical Appraisal 4 - Cohort Studies

Critical Appraisal 5 - Case Control Studies

Critical Appraisal 6 - Cross Sectional Studies

Critical Appraisal 7 - Diagnostic Studies

Critical Appraisal bite-size videos  (using the CASP checklists)

Videos created by Barts health NHS Trust Knowledge and Library Services

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Birmingham University - critical appraisal