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critical appraisal skills presumed perform principal part evidencebased health education practice methods study aimed design educational intervention around critical appraisal context evaluate efficacy teaching methods investigate critical appraisal skills training undergraduate medical students prospective randomized control trial rct 256 sixthyear undergraduate medical students shiraz university medical science shiraz iran participated 124 students taught critical thinking methods control group 132 participants taught critical thinking methods multimedia attended online critical appraisal skills cas training workshop intervention group used critical appraisal skills programme casp questionnaire evaluate students knowledge attitude confidence appraisal skills questionnaire translated persian first time iran shokooh varai et al investigated validity reliability reliability questionnaire obtained richardson index 075 validity confirmed faculty members tehran nursing midwifery school compare control intervention groups used independent ttest chisquare test significance level 5 analyze demographic information applied descriptive statistics frequency frequency percentage mean standard deviation statistical approaches analyzed using spss 22 dimensions critical appraisal skills medical students completed critical appraisal multimedia training workshop performed better control group difference statistically significant p005 moreover chisquare test results showed statistical relationship groups regarding demographic variables p005 also cohens effect size values knowledge confidence dimensions greater 05 meant large effect regarding attitude appraises skill dimensions effect size 02 05 meant medium effect teaching critical appraisal skills multimedia cas online workshops medical students effectively improves students knowledge confidence appraising articles teaching also indicated medium effect students attitudes behavior findings justify implementing critical appraisal skills teaching modules undergraduate medical education curriculum