These are short articles that I have written which may be helpful to anyone revising for the AKT exam. For a more in depth look at Systematic Reviews there is a longer article here.
- Odds ratios explained (Update Article 2006)
- Odds versus Risks (Update Article 2006)
- Randomised Controlled Trials (Update Article 2006)
- Cohort studies (Update Article 2006)
- Retrospective studies (Update Article 2005)
- Study Design (Update Article 2005)
- Absolute treatment effects from systematic reviews (Update Article 2005)
- Number Needed to Treat (Update Article 2005)
- Relatively Absolute (Update Article 2005)
- P values and confidence intervals (Update Article 2005)
- Stats made easy (Update Article 2005)
- Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (Prescriber 2003)
- Diabetes and Statins: Cates plots from the HPS study (Lancet 2003)
- Measuring the costs and effectiveness of treatment (Prescriber 2003)
- Cochrane review on Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media (2002 update) and Cates plots
- Using Evidence in Practice – An introduction to Evidence Based Medicine (Prescriber 2003)
- The PROGRESS trial: which drug works? (Lancet 2001)
- Combining the results from Clinical Trials (Pulse Article 2001)
- The perils and pitfalls of sub-group analysis (Pulse Article 2001)
- Relative or Absolute measures of effect (Pulse Article 2001)
- Evidence from Randomised Trials and Systematic Reviews (Pulse Article 2001)
- Do I need to change my practice (Pulse Article 2001)?
- Asking a good question (Pulse Article 2001)
- Antibiotics ‘no use’ for acute cough: an example of biased reporting (Pulse Article 1999)
- Reporting Results of Studies: can passive smoking really be good for you? (Pulse Article 1999)
- Can you trust what you read? Why we need Randomised Trials (Pulse Article 1999)