Video
- Introduction to Critical Appraisal
A YouTube video (4.11 mins) (actually it's more like a podcast) which looks at the background to critical appraisal, what it is, and why we do it.
EBook
Greenhalgh, T. (2010). How to read a paper: The basics of evidence-based medicine. Retrieved from ProQuest EBook Central.
EBook Chapter
- Critically appraise the evidence
Part 2: EBP Step 3 in the eBook by Glasziou, Salisbury, & Del Mar. Includes an example of critical appraisal of a real RCT into the use of elastic stockings to prevent deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) on long plane flights.
Glasziou, P., Del Mar, C., & Salisbury, J. (2009). Evidence-based practice workbook: Bridging the gap between health care research and practice (2nd ed.). Retrieved from ProQuest Ebook Central.
Article
- Burls, A. (2009). What is critical appraisal? (PDF)
Amanda Burls is/was the Director of the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme at the University of Oxford.
Database
- JBI COnNECT+
This resource from the Joanna Briggs Institute includes JBI RAPid - the Rapid Assessment Protocol internet database, an online training resource for critical appraisal of research papers. The link here is to the Ovid version of JBI COnNECT+ and you need to look first at the Ovid document Accessing JBI Tools for the first time.
