الفهرس 
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Abstract
Critical appraisal is a fundamental component of Evidence based medicine (EBM) and an essential step in the process of putting research into practice including the process of evaluation of the evidence, critically appraising the evidence for its validity, impact and applicability.
Furthermore, Critical appraisal is just one step in the process of evidence-based medicine; allowing doctors to assess the research found and decide which research will have a clinically significant impact on their patients. Critical appraisal allows doctors to exclude research that is too poorly designed to inform medical practice. By itself critical appraisal does not lead to improved outcomes. It is only when the conclusions drawn from critically appraised studies are applied to everyday practice and monitored that the outcomes for patient improve. (Gosall and Gosall, 2012)
Therefore, teaching and developing critical appraisal skills among health care workers became a necessity for medical practice recently.
The present study was designed for needs assessment to ”Critical Appraisal Curriculum” design among pediatric health-care providers. The study was a cross-sectional pilot study conducted upon three hundred health care providers were selected non-randomly by a convenient sample using a questionnaire as a diagnostic tool for needs assessment.
The participants were recruited from pediatrics department, Ain Shams University Including:
1) Faculty staff members (12).
2) Post-graduate pediatric students (279).
3) House officers (9).
The questionnaire was designed and modified. It inquired mainly about the following topics:
- Personal demographic information.
-Background and knowledge about critical appraisal.
-Practice of critical appraisal.
-Attitude and confidence about performing critical appraisal.