Journal Club by CanadiEM - E03: Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) - Part 2
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English - April 05, 2021 13:00 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsHealth & Fitness Education canadiem carmscast clerkcast firstyeardiaries physiciansashumans Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Purpose:
Learn the importance of treatment studies (RCTs) in EBM Understand and interpret methods and results of treatment based studies Become familiar with critically appraising treatment based studies
Hosts:
Dylan Collins Levi Johnston Dakoda Herman Jayneel Limbachia Jake Domm
Paper:
Warren, Jaimee, et al. "Antacid Monotherapy Is More Effective in Relieving Epigastric Pain Than in Combination With Lidocaine: A Randomized Double‐blind Clinical Trial." Academic Emergency Medicine 27.9 (2020): 905-909. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/acem.14069
EBM Checklist for therapy studies (University of Oxford:
https://www.cebm.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/RCT.pdf
Episode takeaway
RCTs are considered gold standard in terms of evidence since the randomization process controls for both known and unknown confounding variables Understanding how to quickly and efficiently appraise studies by assessing its methods is an important skill that can help you assess its utility to your practice and whether the authors adequately answered the question Use a validated critical appraisal tool. We used the CEBM tool, but there are others. The GATE from by Rod Jackson is another great method to learn. Know that sometimes people use publishing guidelines as critical appraisal tools, like the CONSORT for RCTs, but these are just work arounds. Be skeptical and curious. If there is a published protocol, check it. Look at who funded the study. Read the COI and method to mitigate bias.