Assessment 3 Part A Critical Appraisal

Context
In Assessment 3: Part A, you are able to apply your knowledge of critical appraisal using a checklist
to detail bias, chance and confounding factors within research studies. The skills gained from this
assessment allow you to critically appraise epidemiological research and undertake comprehensive
reviews of research studies in Public Health.
Task
Part A requires you to perform a critical appraisal on 2 research articles. A template is provided on
your Blackboard page to guide you through the criteria you need to respond to for each research
article.
Your answers should be approximately 1500 words in total.
Please provide the answers in the template for each appraisal.
Please refer to the Instructions for details on how to complete this task.

Instructions
Part A
Please carefully read the 2 research articles provided on the Blackboard Assessment page.
Then, conduct a critically appraisal of each using the checklist template provided, answers
can be added directly to the template. Be sure to select the relevant checklist to the study
design of the articles provided.
In the template , you are required to answer either “Yes”, “No” or “Unclear” for each
criteria. You will need to provide the “Evidence” that you found in the article to support
these r answers. You may state your justification, compare and contrast the findings and/or
provide a solution.
Please refer to example template on Blackboard.
Resources for this assignment

CASP UK. Critical appraisal skills program checklists (2018). Retrieved from http://www.casp-
uk.net/#!casp-tools- checklists/c18f8

JBI. Checklist for Analytical Cross Sectional Studies (2020). Retrieved from
https://jbi.global/critical-appraisal-tools
Referencing
It is essential that you use appropriate APA style for citing and referencing research. Please see more
information on referencing here https://library.torrens.edu.au/academicskills/apa/tool

Submission Instructions
Submit this task via the Assessment 3 link in the main navigation menu in PUBH6005 Epidemiology.
The Learning Facilitator will provide feedback via the Grade Centre in the LMS portal. Feedback can
be viewed in My Grades.

Academic Integrity Declaration
I declare that except where I have referenced, the work I am submitting for this assessment task is
my own work. I have read and am aware of Torrens University Australia Academic Integrity Policy
and Procedure viewable online at http://www.torrens.edu.au/policies-and-forms