This blog explains what allocation concealment is & why it’s important, in terms of preventing researchers from (intentionally or otherwise) influencing which participants are assigned to a given intervention group.
Ashline takes a look at ethical assessments and considerations in randomised controlled trials and cluster randomised controlled trials.
Danny takes us on a tour of the Evidence-Based Medicine Pyramid and the wonders within.
Casper takes a look at the IDEAL Collaboration and evidence-based surgery.
Danny takes a look at Lifestyle Redesign®, a program that promotes mental well-being across community-based living elderly in a cost-effective manner.
Danny has reviewed the US Cochrane Center’s online course that aims to help you understand the basics of evidence-based healthcare and why it’s important.
Ammar takes a detailed look at CEBM’s evidence-based resources!
Adam takes a look at possible treatment for chronic shoulder pain, through critical appraisal of a randomized control trial.
Physical therapy student Rachel, reviews an article looking at improving walking ability post-stroke.
At one point in time, I could not tell you what the most fatal and common adult motor neuron disease is. That is because I knew nothing about Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS until just a few years ago.
Kat’s article review discusses Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis a progressive disease involving degeneration of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord and what muscle exercises can help patients.
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.
Another 20 minute tutorial from Tim.
Anna reminds us of the value of observational evidence in low income countries.
Ben has made an entertaining YouTube video explaining what an RCT is.
A fantastic resource for easily getting hold of the best available evidence relating to your clinical speciality.
Conducting trials where the trialled therapeutic must be commenced urgently raises specific practical and ethical problems. Here I discuss a recent New England Journal of Medicine paper looking at the use of intracranial pressure monitoring for severe traumatic brain injury as an example of how these issues may affect a trial’s utility and how this can be managed.
David takes a look at the evidence behind health news in the media. 20th June.
Want to find out how to evaluate a randomised controlled trial? This is the perfect resource for you, brought to you by CASP Tools.
Want to find out more about treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? Here, the PACE trial for CFS is evaluated using the CASP Tools for Randomised Controlled Trials.
David takes a look at the evidence behind the good, bad and ugly of medical news in the media. Week 1-6th June 2013
QMP Medical Statistics Tutorials are a great place to start learning about the principles of evidence-based medicine. The probability & significance test, in my opinion, should be one of the first tutorials for a medical student.
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?
A meta-epidemiological study published in the BMJ last month has found that smaller trials consistently report larger effect sizes.
Actress Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo Bilateral Prophylactic Mastectomy has created a media buzz over the past few days. But is there evidence that supports this decision?
Critical appraisal is the process of carefully and systematically examining research to judge its trustworthiness, value and relevance in a particular context (Amanda Burls 2009).
This is a tutorial that looks at the statistical basis of randomised controlled trials, the theory behind meta-analyses and how to read a meta-analysis
A website providing a detailed guide to the steps researchers have to take before, during and after a clinical study.
AllTrials, putting the evidence back in evidence-based medicine.
A short poem about regression to the mean illustrated with a few examples!
The EBM Pyramid shows the various levels of information available in evidence-based medicine.
PowerPoint by Dr Amanda Burls, on randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis, described through four real-life examples.
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