Library of RUSH University Medical Center: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Guide: Critical Appraisal Tools

Critical Appraisal and Evidence-Based Practice Tools

Now that you have found articles based on your research question, you can appraise the quality of those articles. These are resources you can use to appraise different study designs.

Critical Appraisal Tools
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (Oxford)
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) checklists
University of Glasgow
Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT), American Academy of Family Physicians
"AFP uses the Strength-of-Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT) to label key recommendations in clinical review articles."
Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy (SORT): A Patient-Centered Approach to Grading Evidence in the Medical Literature
This "scale is called the Strength of Recommendation Taxonomy. It addresses the quality, quantity, and consistency of evidence and allows authors to rate individual studies or bodies of evidence."- from the American Family Physician

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Guide

Critical Appraisal and Evidence-Based Practice Tools

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