ebm.bmj

12 What evidence informs midwifery clinical practice when women make birthing decisions that are outside of guidelines? – an empirical study of UK midwives working in the NHS

Objectives Unconventional birth choices can be characterised as birth choices that go outside of national guidelines and/or when women decline recommended are. The aim of this study was to explore the ...
ebm.bmj

Component network meta-analysis in a nutshell

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be ...
ebm.bmj

How to create PICO questions about diagnostic tests

Correspondence to Dr Hendrika J Luijendijk, General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen 9713 GZ, The Netherlands; h.j.luijendijk{at}umcg.nl PICOs are ...
BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Hidden risks of predictive models in healthcare

Joseph Alderman et al argue that predictive models in healthcare lack adequate oversight and regulation. They highlight the ...
ebm.bmj

Critical appraisal of qualitative research: necessity, partialities and the issue of bias

Correspondence to Dr Veronika Williams, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; veronika.williams{at}phc.ox.ac.uk Given its scope and its place ...
ebm.bmj

Meta-analysis suggests that metformin may reduce pre-eclampsia compared with insulin use during pregnancy

If you wish to reuse any or all of this article please use the link below which will take you to the Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink service. You will be ...
ebm.bmj

Controversies in PSA screening

Correspondence to Dr Jack O’Sullivan, Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK; jack.osullivan{at}phc.ox.ac.uk ...
ebm.bmj

Development of the Reporting Infographics and Visual Abstracts of Comparative studies (RIVA-C) checklist and guide

People often use infographics (also called visual or graphical abstracts) as a substitute for reading the full text of an article. This is a concern because most infographics do not present sufficient ...
ebm.bmj

The ‘double whammy’ of low prevalence in clinical risk prediction

Correspondence to Dr Thomas R Fanshawe, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX2 6GG, UK; thomas.fanshawe{at}phc.ox.ac.uk This approach has a large ...
ebm.bmj

Controlled comparison of a flipped classroom evidence-based practice course delivered online or on-campus

Correspondence to Dr Clarisa Martinez, Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, USA; clarisa{at}usc.edu The flipped class model is in ...
ebm.bmj

Using claims in the media to teach essential concepts for evidence-based healthcare

Correspondence to Matt Oxman, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo NO-0130, Norway; matt{at}mattoxman.com Healthcare students and professionals, as well as patients and ...