
2 – Hoped-for effects that don’t materialize
In this Chapter: Introduction (this page) Advice on babies’ sleeping position Drugs to correct heart rhythm abnormalities in patients having […]
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Informed Health Choices Podcasts
Each episode includes a short story with an example of a treatment claim and a simple explanation of a Key Concept used to assess that claim
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Informed Health Choices Primary School Resources
A textbook and a teachers’ guide for 10 to 12-year-olds. The textbook includes a comic, exercises and classroom activities.
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Ebm@school – a curriculum of critical health literacy for secondary school students
A curriculum based on the concept of evidence-based medicine, which consists of six modules.
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Know Your Chances
This book has been shown in two randomized trials to improve peoples' understanding of risk in the context of health care choices.
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Thinking, talking, doing science
An experimental educational intervention in teaching science at primary schools.
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McMaster Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Workshop Resources – Therapy module
This is the therapy module resources provided to the attendees at the McMaster Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Workshop.
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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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Using research evidence: a practice guide
NESTA’s guide to using research evidence to inform decisions in policy and practice.
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Anecdotes, testimonials and personal studies
‘Ask for Evidence’ warning that anecdotes are not a trustworthy basis for inferring treatment effects.
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Sunn Skepsis
Denne portalen er ment å gi deg som pasient råd om kvalitetskriterier for helseinformasjon og tilgang til forskningsbasert informasjon.
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How can you know if the spoon works?
Short, small group exercise on how to design a fair comparison using the "claim" that a spoon helps retain the bubbles in champagne.
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Anecdotes are great – if they convey data accurately
Ben Goldacre gives examples of how conclusions based on anecdotes and biased research can be damagingly misleading.
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Studies of studies show that we get things wrong
Ben Goldacre gives examples of how conclusions based on anecdotes and biased research can be damagingly misleading.
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NMT are suing Dr Wilmshurst. So how trustworthy are this company? Let’s look at their website…
Ben Goldacre celebrates Peter Wilmshurst, the doctor who blew the whistle on research misconduct in a study to which he was a contributor.
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Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
Bill Caley’s 26 slides with notes used as an ‘Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine’.
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MMR: the facts in the case of Dr Andrew Wakefield
This 15-page cartoon explains the events surrounding the MMR controversy, and provides links to the relevant evidence.
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Smart Health Choices: making sense of health advice
The Smart Health Choices e-book explains how to make informed health decisions.
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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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Anecdotes are anecdotes
‘Our brains seem to be hard-wired for anecdotes, and we learn most easily through compelling stories; but I am aghast […]
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Diethylstilboestrol
At one time, doctors were uncertain whether pregnant women who had previously had miscarriages and stillbirths could be helped by […]
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