{"id":1142,"date":"2015-08-07T20:53:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T19:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2015-07-22T17:06:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T16:06:26","slug":"basics-casp-checklists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stg-blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2015\/08\/07\/basics-casp-checklists\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics: CASP checklists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The basics of evidence based medicine <\/a>are to ask a question, acquire a paper\u00a0that might answer it, appraise the study, apply it’s results and assess performance.<\/p>\n

The appraisal bit can be done a few different ways – but\u00a0underneath nearly all of them sits a similarity of key concepts – it’s just the gloss that varies.<\/p>\n

But how something looks is VERY important (says my 12 year old). So you might like the look of the pictorial GATE approach<\/a>, or the simplicity and rapidity of the tiny acronyms like RAMbo<\/a>, FAST <\/a>and AVID<\/a>. Or a more leisurely series of questions, as promoted and freely available from the CASP team <\/a>may be what you want to use to bring\u00a0your appraisals into the light.<\/p>\n

These are study-type-specific, annotated checklists of about 10 questions that step you through the key elements of evaluating\u00a0bias in clinical research studies. There are a wealth of online tools and courses about\u00a0the checklists, and loads of people like them.<\/p>\n

As our recent guest blogger <\/a>might say, “Have a play!”<\/p>\n

– Archi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The basics of evidence based medicine are to ask a question, acquire a paper\u00a0that might answer it, appraise the study, apply it’s results and assess performance. The appraisal bit can be done a few different ways – but\u00a0underneath nearly all of them sits a similarity of key concepts – it’s just the gloss that varies. […]<\/p>\n

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