Welcome to the CASP UK Website

CASP stands for Critical Appraisal Skills Programme. Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, and its value and relevance in a particular context. CASP provides resources and learning and development opportunities to support critical appraisal skills development in the UK.

On this website you can find out about the CASP approach, download the CASP checklists, and find out what sort of workshops we offer to help improve your appraisal skills. You can even commission one for your workplace – CASP has a long track record of delivering tailored workshops for the Department of Health, NHS organisations, professional networks and communities, third sector and commercial organisations.

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Video introduction by Amanda Burls

Checklists

 

Download the CASP critical appraisal checklists:

This set of eight critical appraisal tools are designed to help when reading research. They are free to download and can be used by anyone under the Creative Commons License.

You can also find out about the background to CASP, the CASP approach and Training the Trainer approaches.

Workshops

 

**NEW TRAINING DATES**

CASP UK 3 Day Train the Trainer Event: 27th – 29th November 2013.
Booking is now open for this 3 day critical appraisal course.
See here for more details & to book.

CASP International Training Week: 19th – 23rd May 2014.
Booking is now open for this 5 day critical appraisal course.
See here for more details of what the week offers – CASP Training Week Information May 2014  and to book.

Places will be limited to 25 participants and will be offered on a first come first served basis. We recommend booking early to secure you place


 

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Interested in commissioning a workshop? We can tailor workshops to your own specific needs and deliver them in your workplace, please contact us if you would like to find out more about any of our workshops or learning programmes.

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