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EBHC Bulletin
Keeping you up to date with EBHC
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In this edition of the EBHC Bulletin: a lead article by Kamal Mahtani explores how the increased uptake of Systematic Reviews to inform health care policy brings particular challenges for academics. Course Director for the recently launched Postgraduate Certificate in Qualitative Health Research Methods, Anne Marie Boylan, talks to Research Fellow Marcy McCall McBain about the value of application of research methods in healthcare. We meet Stephanie Tierney, who co-ordinates two modules in Mixed Methods in Health Research and Introduction to Synthesising Qualitative Research.
Applications for 2020/21 entry for all our Evidence-Based Health Care programmes are now open, with a first deadline fast approaching in January. We look forward to receiving your applications!
Best wishes from Oxford,
Annette Plüddemann – Course Director for the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
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Kamal Mahtani, Course Director for the MSc in EBHC in Systematic Reviews, talks about the increasing use of Systematic Reviews for policymaking and the challenges this brings for academics.
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Course Director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Qualitative Health Research Methods, Dr Anne-Marie Boylan, talks to Research Fellow Marcy McCall McBain about the value of application of research methods in healthcare.
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Realist reviews are becoming an increasing popular approach to synthesising evidence about complex interventions. Geoff Wong welcomes this increase and talks about the challenges that such popularity might bring.
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We’re delighted to congratulate our Evidence-Based Health Care Director of Programmes, Professor Carl Heneghan, for receiving a Life-time Achievement Award in the annual Medical Sciences Division Awards for Teaching Excellence.
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DPhil Evidence-Based Healthcare student Wangari Waweru-Siika shares her experiences of practicing evidence-based medicine in a resource-limited country. Wangari is Assistant Professor at the Aga Khan University, Nairobi.
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In the second installment in our series of blogs about publishing your MSc thesis, Dr Anne-Marie Boylan spoke to Clinical Research Analyst, Colm Andrews about his experiences.
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Dr David Nunan, Director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care, talks about his work with two EBHC Alumni to establish the ‘Oxford-Brazil Evidence-based Medicine Alliance.
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Professor Carl Heneghan sets out the need for a system wide strategy to record and manage conflicts of interest in the latest BMJ editorial.
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Student spotlight - Anne Carroll
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Anne is a radiologist, who is using the knowledge gained from studying for her MSc in Evidence-Based Heath Care to improve the care that she delivers to her patients and the health care system in Dublin. She is involved with the Evidence-Based Practice Ireland, set up by a group of like-minded people who want to further develop EBP for the benefit of patients in Ireland. She is also involved with national guideline development for the diagnosis and staging of ovarian cancer.
Since graduating Anne continues to teach Evidence-Based Radiology and Practice to Radiology and Radiation Oncology trainees on behalf of the Faculty of Radiologists in Ireland.
Read Anne's story
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As a health services researcher, I have worked within primary and secondary care settings, as well as in social care. I have conducted studies covering a range of conditions, including diabetes, cystic fibrosis, heart failure, cleft lip/palate, dementia and eating disorders.
I have an interest and expertise in evidence synthesis, qualitative research and mixed methods studies. I work at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine where I co-ordinate two modules: Mixed Methods in Health Research and Introduction to Synthesising Qualitative Research. The latter is a new course that will introduce students to a range of ways to combine qualitative studies. We will cover key questions to consider when planning and executing a qualitative synthesis (e.g. is it aggregative or configurative, how do you search for literature, what stages are involved in combing data, what role does critical appraisal play in this type of research?).
My current research centres on social prescribing. This involves addressing the ‘non-medical’ issues (environmental, economic, social) that can affect people’s health and well-being by linking them to appropriate community assets (e.g. groups, organisations, charities, events, activities). I co-lead a network of academics, practitioners, providers and members of the public with an interest in social prescribing. Going forward we plan to conduct research centred on the implementation of social prescribing schemes within primary care and to develop a strong evidence base in this field.
An interest in social prescribing has resulted in my volunteering at a local theatre and a local walking group. I am also a keen tap dancer in my spare time.
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Come along to one of our free talks:
EBMLive 2020
6-8 July 2020
The conference is being hosted outside of the UK for the first time, partnering with the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at the University of Toronto.
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