CATmaker is a software tool created by Douglas
Badenoch at CEBM which helps you create Critically
Appraised Topics, or CATs, for the key
articles you encounter about Therapy, Diagnosis,
Prognosis, Aetiology/Harm and Systematic Reviews
of Therapy.
It carries out the following functions:
- prompts you for your clinical question, your
search strategy and key information about the
study you found;
- provides on-line critical appraisal guides
for assessing the validity and usefulness of
the study;
- automates the calculation of clinically
useful measures (and their 95% confidence
intervals);
- helps you formulate clinical "Bottom
Lines" from what you've read;
- creates 1-page summaries (CATs) that are
easy to store, print, retrieve, and share (as
both text and HTML files);
- helps you remember when to update each CAT
you create;
- helps you to teach others how to practice
EBM; and
- most importantly, it looks really cool.
Download a free demo version (called the "CATnipper").
Order CATmaker by using this
order form (a PDF). It is priced at £90 for a
single-user licence, £150 for a 5-user, or £250
for a site licence (prices exclusive of VAT).
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