John Ioannidis, famous for his 2005 article “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” (Ioannidis, 2005) has subsequently raised concerns about the overproduction of systematic reviews (Flemming et al., 2016). Many he argues are of poor quality with multiple reviews covering the same ground. Most importantly, it is often unclear how the authors decided which …
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A free online course from Johns Hopkins University. “We will introduce methods to perform systematic reviews and meta-analysis of clinical trials. We will cover how to formulate an answerable research question, define inclusion and exclusion criteria, search for the evidence, extract data, assess the risk of bias in clinical trials, and perform a meta-analysis.” (1) …
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This weekend the Clinical Skills Centre and the ENT surgeons at the Royal North Shore Hospital hosted the Sydney Endoscopic Ear Surgery (SEES) Research Groups 6th Course. The course is an advanced fresh cadaver dissection course designed to introduce the practising otolaryngologist and senior trainee to the fundamentals of endoscopic ear surgery. The SEES Group …
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“Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” — Otto von Bismarck
The November Annual Academic Surgery Conference 2019 – incorporating the Surgical Research Society of Australasia will be held on the 7-8 November 2019 in Melbourne. The meeting is open to medical students, prevocational doctors, SET Trainees, Fellows and anyone with an interest in academic surgery.
By Dr Julian Quinn, The SERT Institute, Research Officer. [Email] Once an exciting new research project has been envisaged and sketched out, have a pause. Before launching into any substantial work, here are some really important questions that need to be considered to make sure serious roadblocks are avoided, progress is as smooth as it …
