LibGuides: Evidence-Based Practice: Appraise

Critical Appraisal Worksheets

How to Use an Article About Therapy
JAMA. 1993 Dec 1;270(21):2598-2601.
How to Use an Article About Therapy
What were the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?
JAMA. 1994;271(1):59-63.

How to Use an Article about a Diagnostic Test
Are the Results Valid? JAMA. 1994; 271(5):389-391.
How to Use an Article about a Diagnostic Test
What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients? JAMA. 1994; 271(9): 703-7

JAMAEvidence: Users' Guide chapter on Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research in Health Care
Are the Results of the Study Valid?
JAMA. 2000;284(3):357-362.
Qualitative Research in Health Care
What Are the Results and How Do They Help Me Care for My Patients?
JAMA. 2000;284(4):478-482.

How to Use Clinical Practice Guidelines
Are the Recommendations Valid?
JAMA. 1995;274(7):570-574.
How to Use Clinical Practice Guidelines
What are the recommendations and will they help you in caring for your patients?
JAMA. 1995;274(20):1630-1632.
IOM's Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can Trust

How to Use a Clinical Decision Analysis
What are the results and will they help me in caring for my patients?
JAMA. 1995;273(20):1610-1613.
How to Use a Clinical Decision Analysis
Are the results of the study valid?
JAMA. 1995;273(16):1292-1295.

How to Use an Article on Economic Analysis of Clinical Practice
Are the results of the study valid?
JAMA. 1997;277(19):1552-1557.
How to Use an Article on Economic Analysis of Clinical Practice
What Are the Results and Will They Help Me in Caring for My Patients?
JAMA. 1997;277(22):1802-1806.

JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods by Edward H. Livingston; Roger J. Lewis
ISBN: 9781260455328
Publication Date: 2019-11-29
Clinical Epidemiology by Robert H. Fletcher; Suzanne W. Fletcher; Grant S. Fletcher
Call Number: WA 950 F63c 2014
ISBN: 9781451144475
Publication Date: 2012-12-25
Studying a Study and Testing a Test by Richard K. Riegelman
ISBN: 9780781774260
Publication Date: 2012-06-30
Basic and Clinical Biostatistics by Beth Dawson; Robert G. Trapp
ISBN: 9780071410175
Publication Date: 2004-04-15

CATmaker
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (Oxford, UK). CATmaker is a computer-assisted critical appraisal tool. The full version (3MB, PC) is now free. It provides guided appraisal and calculations for therapy, diagnosis, prognosis, etc
PedsCCM Evidence-Based Journal Club
Presents critical reviews of clinical trials based upon The User's Guide to Medical Literaturefrom McMaster University.