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What it Takes to Actually Achieve Shared Decision Making.

Sensible Medicine

Glyn Elwyn and I wrote in a 2018 paper “in the vast majority of circumstances, the only outcome of relevance for EBP (evidence-based practice) is to measure whether a shared decision was made.” I pretty much agree with the sentiment that statins are “well-tolerated” but what does that really mean?

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How to Critique Randomised Control Trials

Mind The Bleep

For example: in a study on stroke, if the mean age of participants in the treatment arm is 25 years, compared to 75 years in the placebo arm, are the results going to be valid? Outcome measures are well and good, but often there is no significant difference measured in the primary outcome.