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Clinical Trials Toolkit

The National Institute for Health Research have produced a toolkit containing “practical advice to researchers in designing and conducting publicly funded clinical trials in the UK.  Through the use of an interactive routemap, this site provides information on best practice and outlines the current legal and practical requirements for conducting clinical trials.” “Based on the […]

Dr Foster 2012 Hospital Guide

Read all about how Cambridge University Hospitals Trust rates in the 2012 Hospital Guide produced by Dr Foster: “Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is our trust of the year for providing care that has great outcomes while also being efficient in its use of resources.” “lower than expected mortality rates at Hospital Standa rdised […]

Early New Years Resolution?

Why PhD Students Should Blog  There’s lots of reasons why researchers and research students should blog about their work, and read other blogs:  to learn about other people working in similar fields  to gain a habit of reflection to get used to writing about your work to gain a public profile to promote and disseminate […]

New Evidence Updates

Lung Cancer and Peritoneal Dialysis are the latest topics to have receive an Evidence Update from NICE.“Evidence Updates highlight new evidence relating to published accredited guidance. They are based on the scope of the particular guidance they relate to and provide a commentary on a selection of new articles published since the guidance was issued. In […]

Confused about Number Needed to Treat?

All you just need is NNT http://www.thennt.com  – the blog that puts “evidence based medicine under the microscope”. With a clear explanation of what Number Needed to Treat actually means (it’s a “a measurement of the impact of a medicine or therapy by estimating the number of patients that need to be treated in order […]

NHS Mandate

http://mandate.dh.gov.uk/ The first Mandate between the Government and the NHS Commissioning Board, setting out the ambitions for the health service for the next two years was published on 13th November. The NHS Mandate is structured around five key areas where the Government expects the NHS Commissioning Board to make improvements: preventing people from dying prematurely […]

set the data free

tamiflu data argument http://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_what_doctors_don_t_know_about_the_drugs_they_prescribe.html Bmj.com/tamiflu   etc

New online anatomy resource – Instant Anatomy

Struggling to tell where the internal jugular stops and the subclavian begins? Or want a quick podcast of the Myotomes and Dermatomes in the Upper Limb? Then Instant Anatomy could be the answer. As well as including clear diagrams, and complementary podcasts, there are MCQs and apps for your smart phone. Use your RAVEN login […]

New look TRIP

TRIP has always been a tremendously useful tool for skimming the cream of the evidence – getting guidelines, summaries of evidence, systematic reviews quickly and easily, but it just got better. http://www.tripdatabase.com  As well as covering the same high quality evidence as before, the search results also include videos, images, patient information and more. The […]

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