Tutorials and Fundamentals
Tutorial about Hazard Ratios
Confused about Hazard Ratios and their confidence intervals? This blog provides a handy tutorial.
A network for students interested in evidence-based health care
Confused about Hazard Ratios and their confidence intervals? This blog provides a handy tutorial.
What happens when you have a test result? Do you believe it, can you act on it? It all depends where you are. Check out this discussion of post-test probabilities and how they help in the interpretation of test results.
GATE (Graphic Approach To Evidence Based Medicine) is a simplified diagram that is used to explain any quantitative study; from an RCT to a cohort.
Want to find out how to evaluate a randomised controlled trial? This is the perfect resource for you, brought to you by CASP Tools.
David takes a look at the evidence behind the good, bad and ugly of medical news in the media. Week 2- 13th June 2013
Your patient has mild hypertension. What should you do?
Treat the hypertension.
Okay, how should you treat the hypertension?
Well, let’s start with HCTZ, that’s well-tolerated.
What will that do?
It’s a diuretic; it’ll help her get rid of the extra volume.
Okay, what will that do?
It’ll lower her blood pressure.
Okay, what will that do?
What do you mean, what will that do?
What will lowering her blood pressure do?
It’ll lower her blood pressure! Seriously—who are you anyway?
This is an information skills tutorial that provides the opportunity for students to learn more about searching for information
This free course was designed for doctors and is successful in explaining the basics of evidence-based practice.
This one hour online module on the core principles of EBM aimed at a wide range of healthcare personnel from GP’s to medical students. To access BMJ learning requires a subscription, although if you have a BMA membership it’s available for free.
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