About CASP International

The CASP International Network (CASPin) is a non-profit making organisation for people promoting skills in finding, critically appraising and acting on the results of research papers (evidence). CASPin has been an informal network since 1998, but adopted a formal constitution in May 2003. The network's administrative centre rotates amongst the member organisations. CASPin is currently being administered at CASPbirmingham, Birmingham, England. Anyone who shares our aims and objectives and philosophy is welcome to become a member. For more information about organsiational or institutional membership, please click here.

Aims of the network

The aims of CASPin are as follows:

To collaborate internationally to help those interested in health and social care decisions make sense of scientific evidence and to act accordingly
To create a multidisciplinary network which supports colleagues teaching critical appraisal and related skills
To develop and support independent organisations running local workshops to help people to develop skills to find, critically appraise and act on evidence in health and socialcare
To seek funding to promote the organisation’s activities
To develop and disseminate successful new teaching materials and methods
To improve the evidence base of our own practice

The network can help members by:

sharing information, resources and skills
organising training for finding, critically appraising or acting on evidence
offering training for teachers of critical appraisal skills
helping to start local, sustainable cascades of teaching