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Thanks Amanda. The other thing to mention is that Katie Enock at CASP is doing an evaluation of the CASP CD-ROM with the Masters students on the Evidence-based medicine course and is evaluating change in knowledge. She validated her measuring instrument with the help of a large number of people. We will keep you informed of progress with that work. Best wishes Alison -----Original Message----- From: Dr Amanda Burls <[log in to unmask]> To: Critical mailbase <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 8:02 AM Subject: RE: test of knowledge in clin epi/ crit appraisal? >Dear Alison > >When I did a review of the evidence about the effectiveness of critical >appraisal skills teaching a couple of years ago, I found no validated >instruments had been used in the published studies. > >There has recently been a trial of critical appraisal skills teaching in >half-day workshops in the UK funded by NHS R&D. As part of that trial the >researchers developed and validated instruments for measuring participants' >knowledge and critical appraisal ability. Both the trial results, and the >latter instrument at least, are about to be published. I will inform this >list when they appear. > >You may be interest to know that this trial also used the same workshop >evaluation forms that CASP use. It would be interesting to know if >participants' satisfaction was related at all to their objective knowledge >gain (the trial did both before and after measurements! > >Amanda >__________________________________________ >Dr Amanda Burls >Senior Clinical Lecturer/Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine >Director of the Development and Evaluation Service >Department of Public Health and Epidemiology >University of Birmingham >Edgbaston >Birmingham B15 2TT > >Tel: 44 (0) 121 414 7508 >Fax: 44 (0) 121 414 7878 >Sec: 44 (0) 121 414 2582 > > Best wishes Alison [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] Home phone: (+44) 01865 310350 Work phone: (+44) 01865 226888 www.phru.org/casp/ www.phru.org