
Evidence Live 2015 – Reflections
20th April 2015On 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
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. As a
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)
The evidence to support much of children’s healthcare is limited. Ten years ago, randomized controlled trials in adults were increasing ten times faster than pediatric ones. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem
The first time I heard about ‘Evidence-Based Medicine’ was at 8:03 am on a cold November morning in my first year of medical school. The professor who ran our EBM
[This blog post was written by Helen Macdonald and originally published on the BMJ Blog on 21 Jan 2015. It has been reproduced with the permission of the author and the BMJ.] A news story last week
Happy 2015! I hope Christmas 2014 was a good one. It was my daughters 2nd Christmas and I loved watching her running around excitedly with all her new wrapping paper,