BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine

Readers’ attention to shorter versus longer abstracts of systematic reviews: a randomised controlled trial

Objectives First, investigate whether a long compared with a short abstract decreases readers’ attention. Second, investigate ...
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Over 1000 terms have been used to describe evidence synthesis: a scoping review

Objective To inform the development of an evidence synthesis taxonomy, we aimed to identify and examine all classification ...
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Mind the gaps between patient experiences and their expectations about outcomes

The practice of medicine is often evaluated by its ability to improve health outcomes. For example, the value of a total knee arthroplasty (TKA) might be assessed by the percentage of patients who ...
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Understanding of research results, evidence summaries and their applicability—not critical appraisal—are core skills of medical curriculum

Correspondence to Professor Kari A O Tikkinen, Department of Urology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00290, Finland; kari.tikkinen{at}helsinki.fi To practice high quality healthcare, ...
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Making sustainable healthcare decisions: three turns towards sustainable guidelines

Correspondence to Dr Sietse Wieringa, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; c.h.s.wieringa{at}medisin.uio.no Over time, an international consensus on ‘best ...
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Cancer screening attendance rates in transgender and gender-diverse patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Objectives To examine disparities in attendance rates at cancer screening services between transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people in comparison with their cisgender (CG) counterparts, and to ...