Lucy has reviewed our new partners – Sense About Science, find out more about them here…
Cochrane Student’s Journal Club – An innovative introduction to the world of evidence based medicine.
Revealing the truth behind rates, ratios and risk with QMP statistics tutorials. This is one of a series that helps with understanding of statistics and study design.
Understanding uncertainty is a site from the Winton programme based at the University of Cambridge, UK, that encourage healthy criticism of the statistics the media gives us.
QMP Statistics tutorials talks you through chi-squared and t-tests – a useful resource for different statistical levels.
Dr Cates provides easy to read re-freshers on statistics and EBM topics
NICE (UK) provides thorough, comprehensive summaries of the investigation and management of common presentation in a primary care setting.
We can never be let down by the high caliber work of the Cochrane Library but its not just reviews that this site can offer…
CRD in York have combined three databases for systematic review, economic evaluations, tech assessments and summaries. It includes all Cochrane reviews and protocols.
A guideline database for those based in the UK, USA, Canada & New Zealand.
Are you unsure of some EBM terms?
Then this site could be for you. It provides definitions and explanations on core EBM concepts.
Register to become an S4BE Contributor
A beginner’s guide to standard deviation and standard error: what are they, how are they different and how do you calculate them?
When you see a claim that a treatment or intervention has no effect, it is important to examine the evidence as this may be a misleading statement.
This blog provides a detailed overview of the concept of ‘blinding’ in randomised controlled trials (RCTs). It covers what blinding is, common methods of blinding, why blinding is important, and what researchers might do when blinding is not possible. It also explains the concept of allocation concealment.