By Peter J Gill Evidence Live 2015 was a resounding success. Delegates and speakers from around the world descended on Oxford for two days of provocative keynotes, engaging workshops, networking
“Evidence based medicine: a movement in crisis?” That 2014 editorial by Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues echoed through the hallways leading up to this year’s Evidence Live conference, on now at Oxford University.
Evidence Live 2015 took place at the Oxford University Examination Schools on two surprisingly sunny days in April. There were lots of fantastic talks from a range of speakers providing
Original blog by Sharon Mickan- KT@OX This blog has been written to complement a podcast made at the recent EvidenceLive conference in Oxford. Attendees were asked to propose a dangerous
On April 13th and 14th 2015, academics, clinicians, patients and policy makers gathered at the University of Oxford for one of the world’s premier Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) conferences. Fuelled
As a full-time teacher, it is relatively rare that I get the opportunity to go to teacher conferences, let alone the chance to attend an academic science meeting.
I am currently reading The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, a book published in 2000 by the journalist and writer Malcolm Gladwell. In medicine, we
Has anyone else noticed the dire state of research reporting? After recently analyzing 500 research articles for a systematic literature review I was shocked. “Why don’t they report the number
As we approach Evidence Live 2015, I’d like to begin a (hopefully engaging and productive) dialogue on the role of evidence-based medicine in low-resource settings (LRS), particularly in low- and
[This blog post was written by Dr Mark Jones and originally published on the Originally posted on the cebm blog on 11 Feb 2015. ] Time-dependent bias is not an issue in randomised studies as treatment (including placebo)