McMaster Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Workshop Resources – Systematic review module
The Systematic review module resources provided to the attendees at the McMaster Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Workshop.
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The 2011 Oxford CEBM Levels of Evidence: Introductory Document
The 2011 Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine’s Levels of Evidence.
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Critical Appraisal of Research Evidence 101
Ontario Public Health Libraries Association guide to critical appraisal of research evidence.
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Policy: twenty tips for interpreting scientific claims
This list will help non-scientists to interrogate advisers and to grasp the limitations of evidence.
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Ice bucket challenge “breakthrough”? Experts pour cold water on superficial reporting
Beware claims of treatment breakthrough. They’re probably not.
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Goals and tools in Prognosis evaluation
How to assess prognosis in Michigan State University’s Evidence-Based Medicine Course.
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Common pitfalls with studies and things to look out for
‘Ask for Evidence’ introduction to the need for critical appraisal of research studies.
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Animal Studies
‘Ask for Evidence’ information about the relevance and limitations of animal studies for promoting human health.
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‘In vitro’ (e.g. test tube) studies
‘Ask for Evidence’ explanation of the term ‘in vitro’ research.
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Apply the results to your patients
A Duke Univ. tutorial explaining how to address the question: how relevant is the research evidence to the needs of my patient?
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Teach Yourself Cochrane
Tells the story behind Cochrane and the challenges finding good quality evidence to produce reliable systematic reviews.
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Applying evidence to patients
A 27-minute talk on ‘Applying Evidence to Patients’, illustrated by 17 slides, with notes.
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Applying the evidence
Six key slides produced by the University of Western Australia on applying evidence in practice.
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Not all scientific studies are created equally
David Schwartz dissects two types of studies that scientists use, illuminating why you should always approach claims with a critical eye.
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Preclinical animal studies: bad experiments cost lives
This blog notes that few therapies that treat disease in animals successfully translate into effective treatments for humans.
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Toma de Decisiones Compartidas
¿Por qué nosotros, los pacientes, debemos participar en la toma de decisiones médicas importantes?
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Cecil and those pellets again…
If possible, participants in clinical trials should not know which treatment they are receiving.
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Catch 22 – clinical trials edition
Fair comparisons of treatments in animals or highly selected groups of people may not be relevant.
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How to read articles about healthcare
This article 'How to read health news behind the headlines', by Dr Alicia White, explains how to assess health claims in the media.
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Animal and Lab studies
A webpage explaining how results from animal studies may not be transferable to humans.
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Some Studies That I Like to Quote
This short music video encourages health professionals to use evidence to help reach treatment decisions in partnership with patients.
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Who decides what gets studied?
Clearly this situation is unsatisfactory, so how has it come about? One reason is that what gets studied by researchers […]
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Stroke
Another example of unnecessary research, yet again because the results of preceding studies had not been gathered together and analyzed, […]
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