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