BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Improving inclusivity in UK clinical trials through good practice in the collection and use of ethnicity data: recommendations from the INCLUDED study

Ethnicity data are essential in understanding how different groups are impacted by different treatments/healthcare ...
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Loss of an ideal: how politics and misinformed advocacy killed the Canadian Task Force

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care’s (CTFPHC) mandate was to develop and disseminate evidence-based clinical ...
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Perspectives on the definition of ‘evidence’: a qualitative interview study among interest-holders

Design and setting This qualitative study employed purposeful sampling to select respondents from various disciplines and ...
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Quality of instruments to assess the process of shared decision-making: a comprehensive systematic review and COSMIN quality appraisal

Objective Shared decision-making (SDM) is a key component of patient-centred care and major driver of healthcare policy, clinical practice and research globally. Widespread implementation of SDM is ...
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Potential risks of GenAI on medical education

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) moved from an experimental novelty into mainstream use as an everyday tool in under 3 years. Large language models (LLMs) now pass portions of knowledge ...
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Personalised chronic care planning shows limited but promising effects on physical and psychological health and self-management capabilities

Centre for Pharmacy Workforce Studies (CPWS), Manchester Pharmacy School, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Dr Ellen I Schafheutle, Centre for Pharmacy Workforce Studies ...
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Understanding of research results, evidence summaries and their applicability—not critical appraisal—are core skills of medical curriculum

Correspondence to Professor Kari A O Tikkinen, Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00290, Finland; kari.tikkinen{at}helsinki.fi To practice high quality healthcare, ...
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Acupuncture for acute migraine attacks in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Shumei Zheng, School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; shumei{at}ccmu.edu.cn To evaluate the effect and safety of acupuncture for acute ...
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Blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions: a retrospective study of published trial reports

Objectives To study the extent of blinding in randomised clinical trials of psychological interventions and the interpretative considerations if randomised clinical trials are not blinded. Design ...
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Overdiagnosis: what it is and what it isn’t

Correspondence to Professor John Brodersen, Centre of Research & Education in General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, Copenhagen 1014, ...
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76 Preventing overuse of infant formula by examining biological background assumptions

Objectives Promotional activities of the infant formula (IF) industry, coupled with insufficient health policy support for breastfeeding, contributes to IF overuse, which may deprive infants of the ...
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Ramipril reduced mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in high risk adults

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