Use of oxygen in heart attack patients has remained uncertain for over 40 years, but clinical practice has only recently caught up with the evidence. Carl Heneghan My Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine – getting rather old now, like me – states to give oxygen in the initial management of myocardial infarction. Oxygen was routine […]
Category: EBM
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine Strategy
BMJ EBM publishes original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on what matters for health care. Carl Heneghan, Editor in Chief, BMJ EBM The BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine strategy focuses on the tools, methods, and concepts that are basic and central to practising evidence-based medicine. How we deliver relevant, trustworthy and impactful evidence: By Disseminating relevant research: saving […]
What can we learn from the EBM Manifesto?
The Better Evidence for Better Healthcare Manifesto (EBM manifesto) has been launched in order to improve the implementation of evidence-based interventions by pulling together a clear set of achievable goals and a strong overview of the strategies that work best, to help deliver change better and faster. In some areas, such as the treatment of illicit […]
What I learned from Evidence Live 2017: Fixing the “E” in EBM
On the longest (and probably hottest) day of 2017, Evidence Live kicked off at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Professor Carl Heneghan, new Editor-in-Chief of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM), opened the conference with the EBM manifesto which recognizes problems in research evidence and proposes actions needed to tackle these problems. This is my summary […]
Evidence based mentoring for “aspiring academics”
CEBM deputy director Kamal R. Mahtani writes on the value of mentoring. There are times in our careers when we are not sure what to do next, whoever we are. We may lack experience or the confidence to decide what to do; or we may have made a decision and need a word of advice from someone […]
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine – Join the Editorial Board
We are changing the way the journal looks, feels, and operates. In order to do this well, we would very much like your help in delivering relevant, trustworthy, and impactful evidence-based content to as wide a range of frontline health professionals as possible. We are planning to publish original evidence-based research, insights and opinions on […]