SFU · Faculty of Health Sciences
HSCI 230 · Capstone

Evaluating Epidemiological Research

The Critical Appraisal Portfolio — A critically appraised literature synthesis on one epi question, built week by week.

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Capstone master document

HSCI 230 · One document

The Critical Appraisal Portfolio

Overview, all twelve weekly milestones (brief + rubric for each), the final integrated deliverable template, and the final rubric — all consolidated into a single Word document.

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📋 Part 1 — Overview & weighting 🗓️ Part 2 — 12 weekly milestones 📄 Part 3 — Final deliverable template 🎯 Part 4 — Final rubric (25 marks)
At a glance

Twelve milestones · one capstone

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Week 01

Foundations Brief: Topic, Ways-of-Knowing Map & Trust Ledger

Milestone
02
Week 02

Systematic Search & Synthesis Plan

Milestone
03
Week 03

PICO + Reproducible Search Strategy

Milestone
04
Week 04

Case-Control Appraisals

Milestone
05
Week 05

Cohort Appraisals

Milestone
06
Week 06

Group-Level Evidence Appraisal

Milestone
07
Week 07

Construct Audit Table

Milestone
08
Week 08

External Validity Audit

Milestone
09
Week 09

Information Bias Audit

Milestone
10
Week 10

Bias Risk Matrix

Milestone
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Week 11

Confounding & Inference Audit

Milestone
12
Final · Week 12

FINAL: Integrated Literature Review

Final
How to use this page. Open the master document above to see the full capstone brief, every weekly milestone, and how each is marked. Each weekly milestone is worth 2.5% of your course grade; the final integrated deliverable is worth 25%; peer review of one classmate's deliverable is worth a further 5%.
Course content developed by Dr. Kiffer G. Card · Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University