The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP)

Everyone wants good health and wellbeing, and healthcare that is effective. But how can we know whether the claims made for an intervention are valid? Some interventions are given with the best of intentions but have later been found to be ineffective with the potential for harm and wasted resources.Critical appraisal skills enable you to systematically assess the trustworthiness and relevance of results in published research. The Critical Appraisals Skills Programme (CASP) has 29 years of expertise in the delivery of training and skills development to healthcare and other professionals.The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) was developed in Oxford in 1993. Over the years, it has contributed to increasing the knowledge and developing skills of health professionals in the use of evidence-based approaches to health and social care in the UK. CASP workshops and resources help participants put knowledge into practice by learning how to formulate questions systematically, to find research evidence, to appraise research evidence, and to act on what they find. CASP offers critical appraisal skills training, workshops, and tools. These help you evaluate health and care related research for trustworthiness, results, and relevance.