Dexamethasone good? Science by press release bad!
Why science by press release is bad, despite optimism about the findings of the Recovery trial and the role of dexamethasone in the management of COVID-19.
Category Clinical Research
Making RCTs Useful: The Role of Heterogeneity
A fascinating talk by Jack Iwashyna (@iwashyna) on the 'heterogeneity of treatment' effect, what this means for the conduct of randomised control trials and how we should interpret them.
Best Emergency Medicine literature 2018/19
Ken Milne the author of sceptics guide to emergency medicine SGEM reviews the hottest critical care literature for 2018 2019
CORE and FOAMres
CORE offers free access to millions of research papers and host the world’s largest collection of open access full texts. CORE is a not-for-profit service delivered by The Open University and Jisc
Chicken or the Egg?
Which came first - the chicken or the egg? Despite millennia of extensive research, evidential debate and philosophical procrastination the answer to this riddle still remains a mystery...or does it?
Antimicrobial Resistance: Where to from Here?
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will claim 250 million lives world-wide by 2050, displacing cancer as a cause of death. Newer tools may hold the key...
Trials of Academic Medicine
My advice is to get any research requirements for your training program out of the way early. Or, as Prof Bristol would say, work one out to the covers on the first ball.
Australia lead the way in improbable research
Founded 20 years ago by Marc Abrahams, editor of the Annals of Improbable Research, the Ig Nobel awards recognise genuine academic research and "honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think".
The ALiEM Faculty Incubator
The ALiEM Faculty Incubator is a year-long professional development program for educators, which enrolls members into a mentored digital community of practice.
Is the Web killing the Impact Factor?
A recent paper has shown that the rise of the web correlates with decreasing importance of the journal impact factor.
Ten Commandments of Clinical Research
The Ten Commandments of Clinical Research according to Stoller and Mireles-Cabodevila.
Inattentional blindness, unintentional consequences
We are all at risk of missing the giant man in the gorilla suit every day in ED.