Author: Adrian Boyle / Editor: Tajek B Hassan / Reviewer: Peter Kilgour, Phil Delbridge / Codes: / Published: 08/03/2021
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Compare efficacy and effectiveness
- Define bias
- Define “intention to treat”
- Explain the benefits of randomisation
- Identify statistical significance from confidence intervals
References
- Jadad AR, Moore RA, Carroll D, Jenkinson C, Reynolds DJM, Gavaghan DJ, and McQuay HJ. Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary? Controlled Clinical Trials 1996 17(1): 112.
- Greenhalgh, Trisha. 1997. How to read a paper: the basics of evidence based medicine. London: BMJ.
