LHS Reusable Content: Critical Appraisal

Critical appraisal tools need to be referenced both in-text and in your reference list.

The required elements for referencing CASP and SURE online critical appraisal tools according to LHS Ulster Harvard guidelines are:

Author. (Year) Title. Available at: URL [Accessed date].

For example, the CASP systematic review checklist would be referenced as:

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme. (2018) CASP systematic review checklist. Available at:

https://casp-uk.net/images/checklist/documents/CASP-Systematic-Review-Checklist/CASP-Systematic-Review-Checklist-2018_fillable-form.pdf 

 [Accessed 20 May 2024].

Specialist Unit for Review Evidence. (2018) Questions to assist with the critical appraisal of qualitative studies. Available at:

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/1142971/SURE-CA-form-for-Qualitative_2018.pdf [Accessed 20 May 2024].

Please refer to the Life and Health Science Referencing Guidelines for other sources of critical appraisal frameworks.