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The CEBM staff regularly publish their findings in various medical and EBM journals.
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We have also published a number of books on EBM and its practice.
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Teaching Evidence-based Practice Workshop (5 days)
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Research and Development
1. Barriers to effective practice
CEBM staff are actively involved in projects that investigate the barriers to effective practice.
Read 'Paths from Research to Improved Health Outcomes'
2. Improving methods in both primary and secondary research
The Centre has an interest in improving the methods used in both primary and secondary research. To further this we collaborate with a number of people and institutions.
Examples of some of our work include looking at methods include:
- A simple method to correct for the design effect in systematic reviews of trials using paired dichotomous data
- When are randomised trials unnecessary? Picking signal from noise
- Graphical method for depicting randomised trials of complex interventions
- Statistics and death from meningococcal disease in children
- Investigating causes of heterogeneity in systematic reviews
3. Improving methods for evidence-based practice and critical practice
Read The GATE frame: critical appraisal with pictures.
4. Influencing practice in health care
Numerous studies have looked at the problem of influencing practice in health care. In addition, none of the current available techniques have demonstrated a consistent ability to induce substantial and durable change in physicians' behaviour. Our aim has been to evaluate the impact of clinician lead evidence-based quality improvement groups, which aim to elucidate and record the questions and barriers to implementation of available evidence and to develop interventions to implement evidence-based recommendations in general.
Some examples of outputs are:
- Hypertension guideline recommendations in general practice: awareness, agreement, adoption, and adherence
- The 6 steps of evidence-based medicine: action plans and changing clinical practice through journal clubs
5. HANDI "" barriers from trial to implementation
The HANDI project aims to investigate the barriers that exist in term of published results of trials to implementation. For more information read 'What is missing from descriptions of treatment in trials and reviews?', published in the BMJ
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