Critical appraisal of a randomised controlled trial

This session is part of the Doctoral School Skills Development programme and is open to postgraduate research students at UCL only. To book a place please login via the programme website.

If you are interested in this session but cannot make the date or are not a postgraduate research student, please contact library.skills@ucl.ac.uk to arrange a session.

This session will include an introduction to critical appraisal skills and a brief recap of the key study design elements of randomised controlled trials. This will be followed by a practical appraisal of an RCT using a validated appraisal checklist.

By the end of the session attendees will:

• Be able to explain the importance of critically appraising articles and what the process involves.
• Be able to select the appropriate CASP checklist to use to appraise different study designs
• Have experience of critically appraising a randomised controlled trial using a CASP checklist