Critical appraisal tools and guides
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Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)NHS Public Health Resource Unit website provides many resources developed by the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) to help with the process of critically appraising articles.
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Critical Appraisal tools - Centre for Evidence-Based MedicineUniversity of Oxford has developed tools and downloads for the critical appraisal of medical evidence, with examples.
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EBM ToolkitCollection of tools for identifying, assessing and applying relevant evidence for better health care decision-making from the University of Alberta.
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How to use the evidence - Australian National Health and Medical Research CouncilPDF guide to evaluating and using evidence gathered from a systematic literature review to inform development of evidence-based clinical guidelines.
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International Centre for Allied Health EvidenceiCAHE, University of South Australia, provides a wide range of tools, services and resources to support health practitioners, service managers, policy makers, consumer representatives and researchers translate evidence into policy and practice.
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Introduction to evidence-based practiceOnline tutorial by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library.
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PRISMAmay also be useful for critical appraisal of published systematic reviews, although it is not a quality assessment instrument to gauge the quality of a systematic review.
