Evidence Based Medicine videos

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A treasure trove of short videos by Sketchy EBM.  See below for a full index.

• Format Videos
• Language/s Dutch, English
• Target Audience Further education, Self-directed learning
• EBM Stage 0 - Why EBM?
• Duration <5 mins
• Difficulty Introductory

Key Concepts addressed

• Beware of claims like these
• Check the evidence from treatment comparisons
• Don’t be misled by unfair comparisons
• 2-1a Comparison groups should be similar
• 2-1h Peoples' outcomes should be analyzed in their original groups
• Make well-informed treatment choices
• What is the problem and what are the options?
• Is the evidence relevant?
• Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
• 2-3g Statistical significance is not the same as importance
• 2-3a Verbal descriptions of treatment effects can be misleading
• 2-3b Relative measures of effects can be misleading
• 2-3e Subgroup analyses may be misleading
• 2-3h Don’t confuse “no evidence” with “no effect”

Details

Sketchy EBM has created a range of lively educational videos that communicate key concepts in Evidence-Based Medicine:

• What is EBM? (embedded above)
• How to read (most) research papers
• People who use the word “may” in research…
• People who say “not different” when they mean “not significantly different”…
  

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• Relative risk (RR), relative risk reduction (RRR), absolute risk reduction (ARR)
• What is bias?
• Confidence intervals and “p” values
• Number needed to treat (NNT)
• Intention to treat (ITT) analysis
• Lost to follow-up
  

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• Clinical decision instruments (CDI) – Episode I (DERIVATION)
• Clinical decision instruments (CDI) – Episode II (VALIDATION)
• Clinical decision instruments (CDI) – Episode III (IMPACT ANALYSIS)
• N = 1 studies
• Simple linear/logistic regression 

Also available in Dutch:

• Wat is EBM?
• Hoe lees je een artikel