Critical appraisal of clinical trials

Format: 2-2 Comparison groups should be similar

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Language/s: 3-5 How certain is the evidence?

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Resource Link: View the Lesson (PDF)

Target Audience: 3-2 Are you very different from the people studied?

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3-1 Do the outcomes measured matter to you?

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Short Description:

Slides developed by Amanda Burls for an interactive presentation covering the most important features of well controlled trials.

Key Concepts addressed:

• Gaeilge
• Greek
• italiano
• 1-11 Explanations about how treatments work can be wrong
• 1-8 More is not necessarily better
• 1-4 Common practice is not always evidence-based
• 2-6 Peoples' outcomes should be assessed similarly
• 1-2 Anecdotes are unreliable evidence

Details

Slides developed by Amanda Burls for an interactive presentation covering the most important features of well controlled trials.