Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
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CASP Checklist: CASP Randomised Controlled Trial Checklist

The following free downloadable checklists are designed to be easy to understand, and to help you accurately perform critical appraisals of randomised controlled trials (RCTs):

Training courses

CASP offer a range of high quality training courses to help your professional development. The training courses below are relevant to randomised controlled trials or you can view our full range of training courses here.

Introduction To The Critical Appraisal Of Randomised Controlled Trials

This course can help you understand what RCT’s are, and the key factors to look out for to assess the risk of bias and decide if the results are trustworthy.

How to use a CASP Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) Checklist

This module will guide you through the questions in the CASP Randomised Controlled Trials checklist and show you the key pointers to look for when reading a paper, and what the questions mean in each section. 

Making Sense of Results: Measures of Effectiveness In Randomised Controlled Trials

This module will guide you through the questions in the CASP Randomised Controlled Trials Checklist and show you the key pointers to look for when reading a paper, and what the questions mean in each section. 

RCT Module Bundle

This module bundle package includes:

  • Introduction to the critical appraisal of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCT’s)
  • How to use a CASP randomised controlled trial (RCT) checklist
  • Making Sense of results: Measures of Effectiveness in Randomised Controlled Trials

Duration: 2hrs 6mins Approx.
Access to module: 12 months from purchase
Price: £37.50 (Excluding VAT)


Workshops

CASP offer a range of high quality workshops to help your professional development. The workshops below are relevant to randomised controlled trials or you can view our full range of workshops.

Critical Appraisal of Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs)

This course has the following learning objectives;

  • To become familiar with the CASP randomised controlled trial (RCT) checklist.
  • To appraise a randomised controlled trial using the new CASP RCT checklist.
  • To be able to identify the key issues about whether the results of a randomised controlled trial are generalisable.
  • To increase confidence about using critical appraisal to decide whether the results of a randomised controlled trial are robust enough to be used in routine practice.

Making Sense of the Results from RCT’s: Calculations & Communication

This course has the following learning objectives;

  • To review the types of data used in research
  • To review the main effect measures used in RCTs
  • To review the statistics necessary to interpreting effect measures used in RCTs
  • To calculate five effect measures from data from a published paper of an RCT
  • To be able to explain what the effect sizes mean that have been calculated
  • To communicate an RCT’s overall results in the context of the care for that condition and factors important in decision-making about changing practice

Critical Appraisal of RCTs & Making Sense of Results

This course has the following learning objectives;

  • To appraise a randomised controlled trial using the CASP RCT checklist.
  • To be able to identify the key issues about whether the results of a randomised controlled trial are generalisable
  • To review the types of data used in research
  • To review the main effect measures used in RCTs
  • To calculate five effect measures from data from a published paper of an RCT
  • To be able to explain what the effect sizes mean that have been calculated
  • To communicate an RCT’s overall results in the context of the care for that condition and factors important in decision-making about changing practice

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