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Hello All, We have had several enquiries about critical appraisal training but we don't feel quite able to carry it out yet. I know that plenty of libraries do this so I hoped you could answer a few questions about CA training. 1. Who do you train (doctors, nurses, AHPs, etc)? 2. Who does the training, a librarian, a researcher, doctor, university staff, or a 'double act'? 3. What level of teaching do you carry out? Is it enough to go through checklists, e.g. CASP, or do participants want more detail? 4. How much statistics do you get involved in for the majority of participants? (We have had requests from doctors who needed very specific CA/statistics for Royal College membership exams, but that would always be handled by staff outwith the library.) 5. How important is clinical knowledge, e.g. to be able to assess whether the clinical question in an article is valid/sensible? 6. Do you do a one-off session or a series? How long do your sessions last? 7. What training did you do before taking on CA training? If anyone was willing to provide a course outline or objectives for your CA training I would be very grateful. That was a lot of questions that may take a bit of answering so very many thanks for your help, as usual. Regards, Paul Paul Manson Liaison/Clinical Librarian NHS Grampian Room 1:091 Medical Library Polwarth Building Foresterhill Aberdeen AB25 2ZD [log in to unmask] Internal: ext 59433 External: 01224 559433 ********************************************************************** This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies. Please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this e-mail or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform us that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation. NHSmail is used daily by over 100,000 staff in the NHS. Over a million messages are sent every day by the system. To find out why more and more NHS personnel are switching to this NHS Connecting for Health system please visit www.connectingforhealth.nhs.uk/nhsmail **********************************************************************