Empowering the patient to take an active role in their health decision-making is a vital aspect of evidence-based healthcare. Explore more on this topic in this latest blog.
In this blog, Hebatullah has summarised some key aspects of a resource in our Library – a recording of a webinar on ‘Making health decisions’, run by Cochrane UK in October 2022.
Shared decision making (SDM) is a collaborative process between physician and patient that is applicable to any clinical decision, whether diagnostic, therapeutic, or preventive in nature. In this blog, Tiffany presents why there is an ethical imperative for SDM to be routinely incorporated into everyday patient care within all healthcare settings.
Doctors must always ensure they are doing the right thing for each patient. But what are benefits and harms, and how do we ‘balance’ them?
Dannky Minkow describes a new initiative aimed at getting health care professionals to take another look at their use of non evidence-based and wasteful practices.
The relationship between Shared Decision Making and EBM; two separate disciplines or not? Read Ammar’s piece on this subject and have your say.
Ever heard of the Placebo effect’s evil twin; the Nacebo Effect? A harmful reaction from a harmless treatment. Read Danny’s blog to know more.
Richard takes a look at Greenhalgh and colleagues, BMJ article “Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis?”.
Danny has reviewed Testing Treatments Interactive, a website to help you understand more about fair tests and research.
Danny reviews the book Testing Treatments that aims to help everyone understand fair tests, how to ask questions and understand research.
The second set of plenary talks included topics relevant to students, such as evidence-based medical education.
Webinar given by Martin Burton, Director of the UK Cochrane Centre, on the addressing uncertainties in treatment decisions. He also suggests some good books and websites.
Whether you couldn’t get enough of the rolling coverage of the royal birth, or couldn’t wait for it to be over, I have here for you a roundup of some of the recent systematic reviews and evidence related to pregnancy and childbirth (royal or otherwise).
Applying the evidence in clinical practice may not always be easy. This slideshow looks at the roles of patient choice and other factors in making good evidence-based clinical decisions.
This slideshow shows how the data generated in trials and analysed in systematic reviews can be applied in clinical practice.
NICE (UK) provides thorough, comprehensive summaries of the investigation and management of common presentation in a primary care setting.
This is an information skills tutorial that provides the opportunity for students to learn more about searching for information
Paper from the US Institute of Medicine on how clinicians should communicate with patients on evidence-based medicine.
Short animated movie on the importance of shared decision making. Looking at how we weigh our options and what other factors affect our decisions when it comes to the patient’s needs.
This is a great website for those who want to learn more about the process of shared decision making. The website uses case studies to set out the pros and cons of each treatment option.
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