A CAT (Critically Appraised Topic) is a document created to summarize a published study, focusing on the issues of study validity, the results, and the applicability of the study to patients. CATs are usually one page documents that present the information in an easily digestible format. At Duke, CATS are a teaching tool for residents who prepare and present them as part of Morning Report.

• CAT Worksheet - (pdf) (word) – From the Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries

• Critical Appraisal Worksheets Duke University (includes a CAT template in Word)
  

• Cat Maker from Oxford University

CATmaker is a software tool which helps you create CATs, for the key articles you encounter about Therapy, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Aetiology/Harm and Systematic Reviews of Therapy.

• Cat Maker from University of Alberta
  

This site has been designed to assist medical residents in the process of completing a Critically Appraised Topic (CAT).