In the second of a series of blogs about economic analysis, Ana María explains the common techniques used in economic evaluation.
Learn more about the measures of central tendency (mean, mode, median) and how these need to be critically appraised when reading a paper.
In the first of a series of blogs about economic analysis, Ana María introduces us to the topic and why it is needed.
This blog presents the abstract of a literature review and critical appraisal on the topic of intraosseous vascular access in cardiac arrest.
In this blog, Vighnesh provides an outline of multivariate analysis for beginners to this topic.
The Trip database has recently had a major revamp so now is a good time to look again at what Trip is and how it can be of benefit to S4BE members.
The Cochrane Early Career Professionals group are looking for members to join the Steering Group. Applications close on Tuesday 20th July.
Searching clinical trial registries is an essential tool to improve the value of systematic reviews. This is a resource review on a paper that describes whether and how this is done in published systematic reviews of pharmacotherapy and assesses their quantitative impact on meta-analysis.
What is data dredging, how does it affect the p-value and what is its impact on the world around us?
Charlotte and Sophie, final year medical students, discuss a recent Cochrane review assessing the effectiveness of interventions for medical students that aim to improve interpersonal communication in medical consultations.
What is grey literature, when would you use it, what are its advantages and disadvantages, and how can you find it?
Chris set up a student journal club in his first year of Physical Therapy training. In this blog, he describes how he started the club, how it has changed and expanded throughout his studies, and provides tips and suggested papers to get you started.
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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.