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Check Your Skills - updated and improved tutorial

 Are you an evidence-based practitioner? 

Do you have the right skills to find the best evidence?


Complete our short quiz Check Your Skills and find out what information skills you have and how you can improve them. Make sure you have the right skills to find the best evidence for your work and studies.

We've updated the Check Your Skills tutorial:

  • choose your guide
  • easily navigate the quiz questions
  • get feedback on your answers
  • download your action plan
  • summary dashboard providing links to more resources
  • helpful to both NHS staff and university students

Let us know what you think about our updated tutorial - send us your feedback.

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