How to critically appraise an RCT in ten minutes

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An in-depth walkthrough of how to critically appraise an RCT by James McCormack, aimed at health professionals and students.

• Format Lessons, Texts
• Language/s English
• Target Audience Further education
• EBM Stage 3 - Appraising evidence
• Difficulty Introductory

Key Concepts addressed

• Don’t be misled by unfair comparisons
• Is the evidence relevant?

Details

An in-depth walkthrough of how to critically appraise an RCT by James McCormack, aimed at health professionals and students.

This resource is available as an interactive e-book for iOS, or as a non-interactive PDF for everyone else.

• It’s easier than you think
• The critical appraisal set up
  • Critical appraisal and you
  • 6 simple steps to successful critical appraisal
  • Your needs
• Search for bias
  • What to ignore
• Who was studied?
• What happened?
  • The outcome numbers explained
• Who cares?

Note that the aim is to enable learners to appraise an RCT in ten minutes, not that the learning will only take ten minutes!