Evidence-based Medicine
Opinion: Advice to the NEJM on dealing with old influential articles with undisclosed COIs
8 Sep, 2017 | 02:25h | UTC
The unbearable emptiness of tweeting about journal articles
8 Sep, 2017 | 02:01h | UTCThe unbearable emptiness of tweeting about journal articles – PLOS One (free)
Clinical trials revolution could change the future of medical research
7 Sep, 2017 | 23:25h | UTCClinical trials revolution could change the future of medical research – The Guardian (free)
A long journey to reproducible results
7 Sep, 2017 | 20:42h | UTCA long journey to reproducible results – Nature News (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 4 September 2017
4 Sep, 2017 | 21:42h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review / 4 September 2017 (free)
Richard Lehman’s weekly review of medical journals.
Viewpoint: Diagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:54h | UTCDiagnostic Errors and Diagnostic Calibration – JAMA (free)
Stop blocking postdocs’ paths to success
30 Aug, 2017 | 19:39h | UTCStop blocking postdocs’ paths to success – Nature News (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 29 August 2017
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:27h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 29 August 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Novel Statistical Methods: Bayesian Analysis
29 Aug, 2017 | 14:55h | UTCNovel Statistical Methods: Bayesian Analysis: A Practical Approach to Interpret Clinical Trials and Create Clinical Practice Guidelines – Circulation (free)
Editor’s Perspective: When Bayes Comes to Town (free)
A bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing
24 Aug, 2017 | 23:04h | UTCA bold open-access push in Germany could change the future of academic publishing – Science (free) (RT @hildabast and @RickyPo see Tweet)
Related commentary: Sci-Hub’s cache of pirated papers is so big, subscription journals are doomed, data analyst suggests – Science (free)
Free Online Course: Epidemiology in Public Health Practice
21 Aug, 2017 | 01:50h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Epidemiology in Public Health Practice – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Too much medicine: Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions
17 Aug, 2017 | 21:37h | UTCAnalysis – Too much medicine: Mapping the drivers of overdiagnosis to potential solutions – The BMJ (free)
Related: Overdiagnosis, ethics, and trolley problems: why factors other than outcomes matter – The BMJ (free) AND The overdiagnosis community targets solutions – The BMJ (free) AND Are expanding disease definitions unnecessarily labelling women with polycystic ovary syndrome? – The BMJ (free) AND When technology creates uncertainty: pulse oximetry and Overdiagnosis of hypoxaemia in bronchiolitis – The BMJ (free)
Too Many Drug Trials, Too Few Patients
17 Aug, 2017 | 17:37h | UTCA Cancer Conundrum: Too Many Drug Trials, Too Few Patients – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Bored reading science? Let’s change how scientists write
16 Aug, 2017 | 23:09h | UTCBored reading science? Let’s change how scientists write – The Conversation (free) (RT @Onisillos see Tweet)
“Science communicators, journalists, entrepreneurs, policymakers and interested members of the general public are all motivated to follow the latest scientific research. And yet, strangely enough, science papers are a communication tool but they are not that effective at communication”.
Assessing the impact of healthcare research
17 Aug, 2017 | 15:38h | UTCAssessing the impact of healthcare research: A systematic review of methodological frameworks – PLOS One (free) (RT @trishgreenhalgh see Tweet)
The Future of Peer Review
16 Aug, 2017 | 18:09h | UTCThe Future of Peer Review – Scientific American (free)
“It’s very far from perfect, but major changes for the better are underway”
3 reasons why you should be suspicious of study ‘subgroup’ results
15 Aug, 2017 | 21:10h | UTC3 reasons why you should be suspicious of study ‘subgroup’ results – HealthNewsReview (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 14 August 2017
15 Aug, 2017 | 01:01h | UTC8 – Richard Lehman’s journal review, 14 August 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals
Free Online Course: Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:06h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials – Johns Hopkins University and Coursera
Free Online Course: Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics
14 Aug, 2017 | 00:02h | UTCStarts Today! Free Online Course: Understanding Clinical Research: Behind the Statistics – University of Cape Town and Coursera
Tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research
11 Aug, 2017 | 17:04h | UTCResearch Methods & Reporting: GRIPP2 reporting checklists: tools to improve reporting of patient and public involvement in research – The BMJ (free)
Commentary: New guidance for reporting patient and public involvement in research – OnMedicine Blog (free) (RT @iainchalmersTTi see Tweet)
These People Are Trying To Fix A Huge Problem In Science
11 Aug, 2017 | 15:04h | UTCThese People Are Trying To Fix A Huge Problem In Science – BuzzFeed News (free)
“Big, important findings of previous studies – things we thought we knew – have failed to stand up to scrutiny”… (RT @Students4BE see Tweet)
Is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it?
10 Aug, 2017 | 17:15h | UTCThe verdict: is blogging or tweeting about research papers worth it? – The London School of Economics and Political Science (free) (RT @CLAHRC_West and @CebmOxford)
Researchers can no longer ignore social media.
Half of papers searched for online are free to read
9 Aug, 2017 | 16:58h | UTCHalf of papers searched for online are free to read – Nature News (free)
“Large study of open research analysed reader data from Unpaywall tool, which finds freely available versions of articles”.
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 7 August 2017
7 Aug, 2017 | 22:00h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 7 August 2017 – The BMJ Blogs (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.