Critically Appraised Topics in the British Journal of Dermatology: response from Jonathan Batchelor and Phyllis Spuls, section editors for BJD's 'Putting Papers into Practice'

We were very pleased to see the correspondence from Dr Mike Sladden regarding the Critically Appraised Topic (CAT) that we published in the BJD recently(1) . We agree that it is a very helpful CAT, addressing a question that is commonly encountered in dermatological practice. The inclusion of the patient's perspective is a good way of keeping the CAT grounded in the principles of shared decision making (although it is not a mandatory part of a CAT as such). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved