Critical Appraisal Resources

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Bandolier EBM Glossary - definitions for the jargon words often used in medicine and the numbers and statistics used to describe it. The glossary includes terms used in epidemiology, in clinical trials, in diagnosis, in statistics, and in health economics.
CASP The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) was set up as a programme within Learning & Development at the Public Health Resource Unit, Oxford. CASP aims to enable individuals to develop the skills to find and make sense of research evidence. The website gives access to critical appraisal checklists which guide the appraisal of a systematic review, observational study, or experimental study.
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine The CEBM in Oxford is one of several centres around the country whose broad aim is to promote evidence-based health care and provide support and resources to anyone who wants to make use of them. The website contains a useful introduction to Evidence Based Medicine, as well as downloads and EBM tools.
Canadian Centre for Health Evidence - Users guides to the medical literature The Centre for Health Evidence is a not-for-profit organization based at the University of Alberta. We are dedicated to helping health organizations and associations find and apply best evidence in daily practice. We work on a project basis, and use a variety of communication and information technologies to create decision support tools and services
The Consort Statement Website CONSORT, which stands for Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, encompasses various initiatives developed by the CONSORT Group to alleviate the problems arising from inadequate reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).The main product of CONSORT is the CONSORT Statement, which is an evidence-based, minimum set of recommendations for reporting RCTs. It offers a standard way for authors to prepare reports of trial findings, facilitating their complete and transparent reporting, and aiding their critical appraisal and interpretation
The GATE Frame: Critical Appraisal with Pictures The Graphical Appraisal Tool for Epidemiological Studies (GATE) aims to help practitioners to visualise an entire study as well as the component parts.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network - checklists SIGN develops evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the NHS in Scotland. The checklists cover appraisal of various study types including systematic reviews, RCTs, cohort studies, case-control studies and diagnostic studies

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	1		Oxford handbook of clinical and healthcare research Sumantra Ray (2016) Available (1)

	2		The Doctor's guide to critical appraisal Narinder Gosall (2015) Available (2)

	3		How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine Trisha Greenhalgh (2014) Available (2)

	4		Nursing research : methods and critical appraisal for evidence-based practice Geri LoBiondo-Wood (2014) Available (1)

	5		How to write your nursing dissertation Alan Glasper (2013) Available (2)

	6		Evidence-based practice for nurses Janet Barker (2013) Available (4)

	7		Oxford handbook of medical statistics Janet L Peacock (2010) Available (2)

	8		Making sense of research : an introduction for health and social care practitioners Gill Hek (2006) Available (2)

	9		How to read a paper: the basics of evidence-based medicine Trisha Greenhalgh (2006) None in stock

	10		Medical statistics: a guide to data analysis and critical appraisal Jennifer Peat (2005) Available (1)

	11		Issues in design, analysis, and critical appraisal of orthopaedic clinical research M Bhandari (2003) Available (1)

	12		Making sense of critical appraisal O. (Olajide) Ajetunmobi (2002) Available (1)