A.   Appraisal is a set of judgments using an objective set of criteria regarding the credibility, clinical significance, and applicability of the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines, conclusions of systematic reviews, or study findings.

B.   Appraisal is a careful, personal judgment regarding the generalizability of the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines, conclusions of systematic reviews, or study findings.

C.   Appraisal is the opinion of an expert in the field regarding the methodological soundness of a clinical practice guideline, systematic review, or study

D.   Appraisal is a critique of the weaknesses of a clinical practice guideline, systematic review, or study.

A.   The credibility of a finding mainly rests on whether the result is statistically significant.

B.   The credibility of a finding mainly rests on whether it has undergone peer review

C.   The credibility of a finding mainly rests on the funding source and the credentials of the researchers.

D.   The credibility of a finding mainly rests on the methodological soundness of the study that produced it.

A.   A study produced by a reputable organization can with confidence be used as a basis for care.

B.   A finding produced by a study done in a setting similar to the one in which the findings may be used can be used as a basis for care with confidence

C.   A credible and clinically significant finding of a study can be used as a basis for care after deliberation about its applicability

D.   A credible and clinically significant finding can with confidence be used as a basis for care.

A.   Online opinions regarding the study

B.   Structured appraisal questions appropriate to the type of evidence

C.   A healthcare librarian

D.   A statistical calculator

A.   The size of the difference in the outcomes of the treatment groups

B.   The p value

C.   The research design

D.   The profile of the sample

A.   The importance of the issue to patients

B.   The linkage between the recommendation and the evidence supporting it

C.   Its generalizability

D.   Its specificity

A.   The likelihood that implementation of the recommendation will produce good patient outcomes

B.   The soundness of the methodology that produced the recommendation

C.   How the recommendation will be received by clinicians

D.   The credentials of the association that produced it

A.   The guidelines should be judged as having questionable credibility unless the producer provides access to another document or resource regarding the production process

B.   If the authors indicate that a consensus conference was held to produce the guideline, your project team should have confidence in them.

C.   If the recommendations are clear, specific, and citations are provided, your project team should have confidence in them.

D.   If the recommendations resonate with the views of those in your agency, your project team should have confidence in them.

A.   Only recommendations that were supported by a majority of the development team were included in the final guideline

B.   It is clear that the developers attempted to conduct a systematic review for each important issue the guideline will address and used that evidence to formulate recommendations

C.   It is clear that the developers met face-to-face while developing the guideline and had candid discussion of the issues the guideline will address.

D.   Findings with high correlations with patient characteristics were weighted heavily