“Blog entry written on: (IV)Integrating evidence-based medicine skills into a medical school curriculum: a quantitative outcomes assessment, (bmjebm-2020-111391). Authors: Laura Menard, Amy E Blevins, Daniel J Trujillo, Kenneth H Lazarus As medical research continues to accelerate, the need for trainees to demonstrate progressive competency of evidence-based medicine (EBM) skills will only continue to grow. Medical […]
Category: BMJ EBM Spotlight
Testing for COVID-19: still many unknowns
Blog entry written on: ‘Effectiveness of tests to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus, and antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, to inform COVID-19 diagnosis: a rapid systematic review’ (bmjebm-2020-111511). Authors: David Jarrom, Lauren Elston, Jennifer Washington, Matthew Prettyjohns, Kimberley Cann, Susan Myles, Peter Groves. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread at the start of 2020, there was a […]
Seeing is believing – the problem of blinding in psychological research
Include “Blog entry written on: “Blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions: a retrospective study of published trial reports” (bmjebm-2020-111407) Authors: Sophie Juul, Christian Gluud, Sebastian Simonsen, Frederik Weischer Frandsen, Irving Kirsch, Janus Christian Jakobsen. Blinding of key persons is rarely reported or implemented in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions, and only few […]
How medical training needs to change to allow true evidence-informed decision-making
Blog entry written on: Teaching clinicians shared decision making and risk communication online: an evaluation study (bmjebm-2020-111521) Authors: Alexandra Freeman, Tammy C. Hoffmann, Chris Del Mar, Ramai Santhirapala At the heart of evidence-based medicine is a pipeline: a flow of knowledge and insight from researchers’ computers to the patient’s clinic, where their clinician can explain their […]
On “clinical vulnerability” during COVID-19
Blog entry written on: ‘Asthma and COVID-19: a review of evidence on risks and management considerations’ (bmjebm-2020-111506) Authors: Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, James Gunnell, Jonny Drake, Afolarin Otunla, Jana Suklan, Ella Schofield, Jade Kinton, Matt Inada-Kim, F D Richard Hobbs, Paddy Dennison Not all reasonable assumptions prove true. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic all people […]
Tackling incomplete and inadequate reporting of mediation studies
In the process of tackling incomplete and inadequate reporting of mediation studies, Aidan Cashin & Hopin Lee share the findings of their recent publication identifying items for consideration in A Guideline for Reporting Mediation Analysis (AGReMA). Blog entry written on: ‘Items for consideration in a reporting guideline for mediation analyses: a Delphi study’ (bmjebm-2020-111406) Authors: […]
Caffeine and Pregnancy: Why Current Guidelines Must Change!
This Spotlight Blog relates to the following article in BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine: “Maternal Caffeine Consumption and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Narrative Review with Implications for Advice to Mothers and Mothers-To-Be” (ID No.: bmjebm-2020-111432.R2) Blog entry written on: ‘Maternal Caffeine Consumption and Pregnancy Outcomes: A Narrative Review with Implications for Advice to Mothers and Mothers-To-Be’ (bmjebm-2020-111406), with […]
Instructions for the day of your surgery: “Please create a playlist of your favourite music”
Blog entry written on: Heterogeneity of Outcomes for Intraoperative Music Interventions: A Scoping Review and Evidence Map (bmjebm-2020-111382) Authors: Melanie Ambler, Stacey Springs, Dioscaris Garcia, Christopher Born We know that 87% of operating room staff report listening to music in the OR, but an emerging body of evidence suggests that listening to music during surgical […]
Can an antibiotic make you pregnant?
Blog entry written on: Analysis of reports of unintended pregnancies associated with the combined use of non-enzyme-inducing antibiotics and hormonal contraceptives (bmjebm-2020-111363) Authors: Jeffrey K Aronson & Robin E Ferner The British National Formulary (BNF) currently advises women to continue with their usual oral contraception when they start an antibiotic (except for enzyme inducers, e.g. […]
Honey for coughs and colds: not too shab-bee
Blog entry written on: Effectiveness of honey for symptomatic relief in upper respiratory tract infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis (bmjebm-2020-111336) Author: Hibatullah Abuelgasim Honey is a folklore favourite when it comes to cough and cold remedies. Everyone who has ever had a cold knows how annoying the symptoms can be. Unfortunately, there’s not much […]