CASP tool
1 Appraisal of a single paper completed using the appropriate CASP tool 600-700 words will be accepted
· Choose a single qualitative study. Not an opinion piece or discussion paper.
· Once you have chosen your paper, select the qualitative CASP assessment tool from
the templates provided and paste the tool into this section.
· Appraise the paper using the questions and hints provided.
· Justify your answer to each question using the handy hints in the tool itself.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Patients’ experiences from an education programme ahead of
orthopaedic surgery – a qualitative study (please use this article, it is attached).
You need to respond to all questions. Please complete the work in the CASP template provided. You will need to
write responses to the questions in the CASP tools in full sentence and paragraph form and provide a rationale – i.e., you need to put more than ‘yes, ethics was completed’ – you need to give information as to what ethical considerations there were and how they were taken into account. See the marking matrix for how this will be assessed.
- In the CASP as best you can and will be guided by your paper itself as to what is reported.
- Article for CASP is attached below.
