A network for students interested in evidence-based health care

Sumanth Kumbargere Nagraj

I am currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Plymouth as a distance-education student. I am working at the Faculty of Dentistry, Melaka-Manipal Medical College, Malaysia in the specialty of Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology. My research interests include Evidence-based healthcare, 3D imaging, and clinical trials in potentially malignant oral disorders. I have published six Cochrane oral health systematic reviews and am now working on research priority-setting methods.

Articles by Sumanth:

Tutorials and Fundamentals

Research priority setting

This blog is an introduction to Research Priority Setting (RSP), also providing useful resources to understand how RSP exercises are carried out.

Popular Articles

Tutorials and Fundamentals

A beginner’s guide to confounding

This blog introduces you to the concept of confounding. There is a clear explanation and then examples and methods to minimise the effect of confounding during study design and statistical analysis.

Tutorials and Fundamentals

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Bias: how much difference does it really make in randomized trials?

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) can be subject to different kinds of bias. Read about different sources of bias in this blog and how much the magnitude of effect can be changed by the presence of bias.

Learning Resources

Free information and resources for pupils and students interested in evidence-based health care

This new webpage from Cochrane UK is aimed at students of all ages. What is evidence-based practice? What is ‘best available research evidence’? Which resources will help you understand evidence and evidence-based practice, and search for evidence?