{"id":3280,"date":"2020-05-11T10:07:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cu-sites.pantheonsite.io\/library\/?page_id=3280"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:44:12","slug":"evaluating-research-evidence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/library\/health-sciences-library-2\/health-sciences-guides\/evaluating-research-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluating Research Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These resources assist in evaluating research evidence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-e927898a-bc5b-4d34-866b-8859ba612fc5 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Toolkits and Guides<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Links to worksheets for the critical appraisal of medical evidences; includes Systematic Reviews, Diagnostics, Prognosis, Randomised Controlled Trials; from Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM)\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cebm.ox.ac.uk\/resources\/ebm-tools\/critical-appraisal-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Appraisal Tools<\/a> &#8211; links to worksheets for the critical appraisal of medical evidences; includes Systematic Reviews, Diagnostics, Prognosis, Randomised Controlled Trials; from Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assesssment of health problems and the outcomes of health care. Includes User's Guides to the Medical Literature; The Rational Clinical Examination; and a variety of diagnostic calculators. (Journal of the American Medical Association).\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/jamaevidence.mhmedical.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JAMA Evidence<\/a> &#8211; guides to the systematic consideration of the validity, importance, and applicability of claims about the assessment of health problems and the outcomes of health care. Includes User&#8217;s Guides to the Medical Literature; The Rational Clinical Examination; and a variety of diagnostic calculators. (Journal of the American Medical Association).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"\" data-toggle=\"popover\" data-trigger=\"hover\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-html=\"true\" data-title=\"Description\" data-content=\"Clinically Appraised Topic guide from Physiopedia. Includes link to a useful CAT worksheet.\" data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.physio-pedia.com\/Critically_Appraised_Topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What&#8217;s a CAT?<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Clinically Appraised Topic guide from Physiopedia. Includes link to a useful CAT worksheet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hslguides.med.nyu.edu\/c.php?g=759442&amp;p=9999630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Critical Appraisal of different study types<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; New York University Health Science Library guide on Evidence Based Medicine providing guidance on critical appraisal of observational studies, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ebm-tools.knowledgetranslation.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evidence-Based Medicine Toolbox<\/a> &#8211; from the Knowledge Translation Program in Toronto, Ontario; provides Critical Appraisal worksheets; developing clinical questions in a standardized format; educational prescriptions to track unanswered questions for late; self-evaluations for practitioners; pocket cards to assist in appraisal; several different EBM calculator tools for different types of tests and studies; and resources for a variety of topics, including teaching EBM in different clinical environmental, more details on various calculations, and EBM term glossaries. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordions advgb-accordions-424fb512-33ee-44b6-bd7f-c57a1f78c929 advgb-accordion-wrapper\" data-collapsed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-advgb-accordion-item advgb-accordion-item\" style=\"margin-bottom:15px\"><div class=\"advgb-accordion-header\" style=\"background-color:#000;color:#eee;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;border-radius:2px\"><span class=\"advgb-accordion-header-icon\"><svg fill=\"#fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path fill=\"none\" d=\"M0,0h24v24H0V0z\"><\/path><path d=\"M12,5.83L15.17,9l1.41-1.41L12,3L7.41,7.59L8.83,9L12,5.83z M12,18.17L8.83,15l-1.41,1.41L12,21l4.59-4.59L15.17,15 L12,18.17z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><h4 class=\"advgb-accordion-header-title\" style=\"color:inherit\">Videos<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"advgb-accordion-body\" style=\"border-style:solid !important;border-width:1px !important;border-color:undefined !important;border-top:none !important;border-radius:2px !important\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=U7qji5L4sKk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice: Appraisal and Application<\/a> &#8211; one part of a a three-part webinar from the Network of the National Library of Medicine discussing appraising evidence, applying the evidence, and assessing the results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xBGvNH4AL4U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Critical Appraisal of the Literature<\/a> &#8211; Mount Sinai Health System video on critical appraisal of evidence and links to several Critical Appraisal Tools<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f7EkhUAtiaY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2021 SHINE Conference | How to Appraise an Article<\/a> &#8211; from Johns Hopkins Medicine, two medical professions use the JHEBP Research Evidence Appraisal Tool to evaluate a selected article<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QaH9jmJAJYc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evaluating the Evidence: How to Read a Research Article<\/a> &#8211; from Health Sciences Librarian Matthew Chase at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences; analyzes the different parts of a research article and how to evaluate each section<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DXlegXFVdDY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Evaluating Health Research<\/a> &#8211; a shorter video from Ohio University Libraries on critically appraising articles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These resources assist in evaluating research evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"parent":17578,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/right-sidebarpage.php","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3280","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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