Research Hub: Evidence Based Practice Toolkit: Evidence Appraisal

Critical appraisal worksheets and calculators

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme CASP
Find trainings and checklists for critical appraisals of systematic reviews, randomized control trials, and cohort studies.
Evidence-Based Medicine Worksheets
Downloadable (PDF or Word) worksheets for evidence appraisal of various study designs. From Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries.
Critical Appraisal Worksheets
Worksheets for critical analysis of the following: diagnosis, harm, prognosis, systematic review (of therapy), and therapy. Includes calculators. Can download or fill out online. From the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.

How to Read a Paper

How to Read a Paper by Trisha Greenhalgh
Call Number: R118.6 .G74 2010

Check out a copy of Trisha Greenhalgh's How to Read a Paper to read about how to find a medical research paper, assess it for its scientific validity, and where relevant, put the findings into practice.

Bias in Research

Catalogue of Bias
Find a description of biases researchers and appraisers of research should be aware of.