title: Developing critical appraisal skills.
abstract: Critical appraisal is used to evaluate research and determine whether it should be incorporated into the reader's area of practice. Checklists are used in critical appraisal to provide a useful framework for the systematic analysis of research studies. Critical appraisal skills can be acquired in a number of ways, and can even be self-taught.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Studies, University of York.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McCaughan
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000592:standards*; D017712:Peer Review, Research / Q000379:methods*; D011361:Professional Competence; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*