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Trust the evidence blog promoted by Cochrane Collaboration

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:25:33 GMT

TrustTheEvidence.net - the CEBM's blog on evidence-based medicine matters - has recently been promoted on the Cochrane Collaboration website under Interesting Links. (See screenshot below.)

Our blog will also be part of the new MedPedia project, which will be fully launched very soon. We'll let you know more details when we have them.

Continue to follow our EBM-related tweets at: http://twitter.com/cebmblog, and why not subscribe to the TrustTheEvidence.net feed: http://trusttheevidence.net/rss.xml so you can receive updates on the latest blogs as they break.

New CEBM Workshop Video excerpts posted

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:25:33 GMT

We have just uploaded two new excerpts from the CEBM workshop videos. The two new samples are taken from Paul Glasziou and Carl Heneghan's lectures on the 7th and 8th of April 2008 CEBM Workshop on EBM in practice. More details and links to the videos can be found below.

EBM in Practice #2 - Professor Paul Glasziou talks about the formation of PICO, PO and PO? questions.

Diagnostic Tests #2 - Dr Carl Heneghan talks about diagnostic measurements in practice using the measurement of head circumference as a live example.

For information on how to buy the complete DVD set of CEBM videos, please contact Olive Goddard. Contact details can be found on our contact page.

CEBM Blog now live and on Twitter

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:14:33 GMT

The CEBM's latest web development is a blog on its own website at http://trusttheevidence.net. Our blog sources up-to date relevant material from multiple sources of evidence as well as horizon scanning for information likely to change practice today. We would appreciate your comments on our articles - you don't have to log in, just fill in the form at the bottom of each blog.

Immediately upon launch TrustTheEvidence.net has been picked up by TRIP and indexed on their site. You can also follow our blogs on Twitter under the name cebmblog at http://twitter.com/cebmblog, and to keep right up to date you can subscribe to the TrustTheEvidence RSS feed at http://trusttheevidence.net/rss.xml.

Centre Pioneer Wins Top Award

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Dr David Sackett will receive the Gairdner Wightman Award for leadership in Canadian medicine Oct. 29, 2009 in Toronto.

David Sackett left the Canadian shores in 1994 to set up the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, retiring in 2000. He was named a Gairdner Wightman Award winner celebrating the impact of research that ensures doctors' treatment decisions are based on the best scientific evidence available.
Read Dr David Sackett's Speech at the award ceremony
Read the article in the Toronto Star

Urology Working Group at the University of Florida Launches Website

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The International Evidence Based Urology (EBU) Working Group has recently launched its website at http://evidence-based.urology.ufl.edu. Established at the University of Florida in 2008, it is the first group in urology of its kind with the broad aim of promoting the evidence based clinical practice of urology through education and research. Urology-specific educational resources developed by the group include the Users’ Guide to the Urological Literature series published in the Journal of Urology and the Evidence Based Urology in Practice series published in BJU International. Ongoing projects include the development of evidence based medicine modules for resident education with support of the Society of University Program Directors and Chairpersons as well as the launch of an evidence based journal club in conjunction with the American Urological Association (AUA). Current research projects by members of the group focus on the quality of evidence and transparency of reporting in the urological literature as well as the development of clinical decision support systems and guidelines. The group strongly encourages international collaboration and exchange and welcomes new members.

Sydney-Tilburg conference on Evidence, Science and Public Policy

Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Jeremy Howick (an OCEBM postdoctoral research fellow) was recently invited to talk at the “Sydney-Tilburg conference on Evidence, Science, and Public Policy” (http://sydcfs.org.au/). At the conference he defended his view of how the different roles of clinical expertise should fit into a modified EBM ‘philosophy’ of evidence. He also attempted, only somewhat successfully, to follow in Paul Glasziou’s shoes and tried out surfing (see picture).

Last days to apply for bursary places on the Teaching EBP Workshop, Oxford

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Applications are invited for free places to the 15th Oxford Workshop on Teaching Evidence-Based Practice to be held 7th-11th September 2009 at St. Hugh's College, Oxford. The successful applicants will receive free tuition for the week, all workshop materials, daytime refreshments and lunches. The bursary does not cover accommodation or travel costs. All applications should be received by the end of March, and should be accompanied by a supporting letter detailing current involvement in EBM and outlines of what the applicants would do with the knowledge gained on the workshop, together with a current C.V.
Download Application Form

5th International Conference of Evidence-Based Health Care

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The 5th International Conference of Evidence-Based Health Care Teachers & Developers has been announced for Taormina (Italy), 28th October - 1st November, 2009. This year's theme will be "Models of Practice in Hospital and Primary Care". You can find out details, submit abstracts and register at: http://www.ebhc.org/. Places are limited to around 120 so sign up soon!

EBM is flourishing Worldwide

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Paul Glasziou has just returned from teaching in Malaysia and Indonesia as part of a 3-year Asia Link program that the CEBM is undertaking in partnership with the Julies Center in Utrecht. Several of the teachers have already attended EBM workshops in Oxford and were keen to teach in these local workshops. The aim is to provide not only the clinicians with EBM skills, but also to develop a group of teachers for the medical student undergraduate programs. This fits perfectly with one of the CEBM's aims which is to develop groups around the world to run their own EBM training programs.

From left to right: Dr Mohd Haris Fadzillah bin Abdul Rahman, Prof. Dr. Sudigdo Sastroasmoro, Dr. Sheamini a/p Sivasampu, Dr Mas Ayu Said, Dr Liew Su-May, Dr Norita Hussein, Dr Sajaratulnisah Othman, Dr Claire Choo Wan Yuen, Dr Moy Foong Ming, Dr Sanjay Rampal, Puan Noormah Mohd Darus, Professor Paul Glasziou, Dr Partini Pudjiastuti Trihono, Dr Noran Naqiah Hairi,Prof Datin Chia Yook Chin, Dr Indah S Widyahening

Rafael Perera coordinates new Masters module

Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT

In December 2008 Rafael Perera ran Module 2 of the Masters for Evidence-Based Practice. The module - Introduction to study design and research methods - consists of eight weeks of both online and face to face teaching. The most intensive part of the course is the face to face meeting that took place in the second week of December. In total 22 students undertook the face to face week which included presentations, lectures, and workshops
Feedback quotes
"All were great, the session with Dr Doll was excellent and we should have (or the next year) a bit more in the various forms of sample size as this interested the class a lot."
"I think it was very well planned, the learning was in context. I have nothing to complain of!"
"Part of the stats was difficult but when placed into context some parts were a taster for the advanced stats course, and they became more relevant."
"Excellent session on qualitative research. Good (very very good) sessions by John and Derrick. I'm afraid they initially pitched their sessions a bit too high level for us, but kudos to them for responding to our learning needs and slowing down."
The objective of the module is for students to write a research protocol for developing their research ideas to either undertake a research project for the master thesis or obtain external funding, turning ideas in practice into a research project.
More information

Centre staff appointed to the MHRA Committee

Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Richard Stevens has been appointed to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) committee.
The committee approves applications to use the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) for research. The GPRD is the world's largest computerised database of anonymised longitudinal medical records from primary care that is linked with other healthcare data. Currently data are being collected on over 3.6 million active patients (approx. 13 million total)
Read more about the GPRD

New updated Study Design Information

Paul Glasziou — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMT

One of the few pluses of long flights is the chance to think without interruption (except nibbles and drinks). Carl Heneghan had suggested we revise the CEBM document on study types, which has had thousands of downloads. So on the 7 hour flight to a recent 3-day EBM workshop in Oman I had the chance to do exactly that. For teaching EBM, a basic understanding of the main study types is an essential early step for searching for the right research. But getting the balance of overview and details is tricky. The new document is a little larger, but we think it is much more helpful. But we would like your opinion and suggestions. So please feel free to download and pass on your comments.
Visit the new Study Designs page ...
Download Rod Jackson's 2008 Workshop Presentation ...
Download Sharon Straus' 2008 Workshop Presentation ...