Evidence Essentials Bundle (10% off)

Appraisal, Searching & Study Designs

For a collection of evidence essentials, you can buy 3 of CASPs online learning modules giving you a discount of 10% off the full price.

This package includes the following modules:

• Introduction to Critical Appraisal
• Finding & Searching for Evidence
• Study Designs

Course details at a glance

• Training method: Online training. Learners can progress at their own page.
• Duration: This course is approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
• Access to module: Access is 12 months from the date purchase
• Certification: On completion of the course, you will automatically receive a certificate of completion which you can keep in your CPD record.
• Cost: £45 (£37.50 + VAT). Includes 10% saving compared to buying each module individually.

Training Course Syllabus

This package covers modules on:

• Introduction to Critical Appraisal
  • Challenges using evidence to change practice.
  • 5 steps of evidence-based practice.
  • Developing critical appraisal skills.
  • Integrating and acting on the evidence.
  • The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP).
• Finding & Searching for Evidence Modules
  • Formulating a Clinical Question
  • Searching Databases
  • Demonstration of a search
• Study Designs
  • Introduction to study designs
  • What is the ‘best available evidence’?
  • Hierarchy of evidence
  • Typologies of evidence
  • Different types of study designs
  • Deciphering the study design

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About your trainer

• The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Team is a dedicated collective of professionals committed to enhancing critical thinking and evidence-based decision-making in healthcare and beyond. Drawing from a diverse array of expertise, the CASP Team blends the knowledge and skills of researchers, educators, and practitioners passionate about promoting robust appraisal methodologies.

• Our team collaboratively develops comprehensive online learning modules designed to support individuals and organisations in critically appraising research evidence. By integrating multidisciplinary insights, we ensure that our materials are not only thorough but also accessible and engaging for a broad audience.

• With a shared vision of fostering informed decision-making, the CASP Team continuously updates and refines our resources to reflect the latest advancements in evidence-based practice. Through this teamwork, we aim to empower learners worldwide to confidently evaluate and apply research findings in their professional and personal contexts.

Why learn with CASP?

• CASP training and resources help participants put knowledge into practice by learning how to systematically formulate questions, find research evidence, appraise research evidence and act on what they find.
• The philosophy of CASP has always been about sharing knowledge and understanding, working in ways that are non-hierarchical, multidisciplinary and using problem-based approaches. This ensures that it is accessible and has practical day-to-day application.
• The CASP programme has been running since 1993 and has 30 years of significant and unrivalled expertise in the delivery of training to healthcare professionals, from a wide variety of professions and disciplines. We are continuing to evolve into new ways of making our workshops accessible to those across the world, including transferring our workshop content to online learning so that participants can pace their study at their own time, having access from wherever they are.
• CASP has 8 critical appraisal tools, designed to be used when reading research. These include tools for systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials, cohort studies, case control studies, economic evaluations, diagnostic studies, qualitative studies and clinical prediction Rule.
• These are free to download from the CASP website and can be used by anyone under the Creative Commons License.
• These are used by healthcare organisations and universities world-wide, with over 400,000 downloads per year.

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