Library Guides: Medicine: Thinking critically

Thinking critically

It's important to think critically about the places you search for information and the information you find. The following tutorials and workshops will support you to develop a questioning approach to information and learn more about critical evaluation.

Thinking critically resources

What is critical thinking? (video)
A film created by the University Library responding to the question: What is critical thinking?

Critical Generative AI literacy guide
This guide will help in taking a critical approach to generative AI.
Active reading for understanding (tutorial)
Learn how to read an academic text effectively.
Evaluating information and critical thinking (tutorial)
Learn how to think critically about your information sources, and evaluate information that you find to ensure that it is reliable, accurate, of good quality, and relevant to your assignment.
Evaluating information and critical thinking (Word document, 629 KB)
Learn how to think critically about your information sources, and evaluate information that you find to ensure that it is reliable, accurate, of good quality, and relevant to your assignment.
The Fake News Game
Fake news is all around us - see if you can find the stories you think are untrustworthy to see how well you can spot fake news! This game will help you to learn what to look for when evaluating your sources.
The Fake News Game (Word document, 154 KB)
Fake news is all around us - see if you can find the stories you think are untrustworthy to see how well you can spot fake news! This game will help you to learn what to look for when evaluating your sources.

Critical appraisal for healthcare research

Critical appraisal tools help you to systematically evaluate healthcare research and assess the validity, results and relevance of published papers. Critical appraisal is a key part of evidence based practice.

CASP Checklists
The Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) has a series of checklists for different types of studies in healthcare.
JBI Checklists
The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) has a series of checklists designed for use in their systematic reviews.
The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT)
The MMAT is a critical appraisal tool that is designed specifically for the appraisal stage of mixed methods systematic reviews.

Workshops

Questioning and Evaluating Information
In this session you will consider how to critically evaluate information when undertaking independent research. You will question different types of information and develop a critical approach, considering a range of questions and using the tools and data available to apply this to relevant resources.

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Thinking critically

Thinking critically resources

Critical appraisal for healthcare research

Workshops