Critical appraisal of a qualitative study

This session will be held at the Royal Free Hospital Medical Library. For more information or to make a booking please contact info.skills@ucl.ac.uk.

This session is also part of the Doctoral School Skills Development programme. Postgraduate research students at UCL should book a place by logging in via the programme website.

Critical appraisal is an essential element in evidence-based decision making. The Medical Library offers facilitated group sessions on critically appraising systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials or qualitative studies.

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• understand what critical appraisal is
• select appropriate CASP checklists to use to appraise different study designs
• experience using a CASP checklist to appraise a paper