SLO 10: Research and responsible data use

The outcome

Assess evidence critically, contribute to research and handle clinical information responsibly.

St Emlyn’s summary, not the full official wording. Read the current RCEM SLO and requirements.

What this means in practice

Discuss a paper’s methods and results, then explain whether it should change care for your patients.

Use the diagnostic-testing exercise and journal clubs to examine evidence and explain how it affects a clinical decision.

Start here

Choose a starting point to suit what you need to work on.

Diagnostic testing: decide before you request
Lesson plan · Early-career EM · Preparation about 17 min · 45-minute session · 30-minute option
Work through test accuracy and probability before judging a diagnostic strategy.
Learner preparation Facilitator guide
Journal club: LoDED and safe early discharge
Lesson plan · Higher training · Preparation about 28 min · 60-minute session · 30-minute option
Appraise LoDED and decide what its findings would mean for local chest-pain care.
Learner preparation Facilitator guide
Journal club: HALT-IT and treatment transfer
Lesson plan · Higher training · Preparation about 30 min · 60-minute session · 30-minute option
Appraise HALT-IT’s methods, benefits and harms before applying its results.
Learner preparation Facilitator guide

More learning for this SLO

Learn

Ep 255 – Likelihood Ratios: Critical Appraisal Nugget 12
Podcast · Listen 11:30
Review likelihood ratios before appraising a diagnostic test.
Ep 91 – Critical Appraisal Nugget 7: Relative risk, Absolute risk and NNT in 5 minutes
Podcast · Listen 5:11
Review absolute and relative treatment effects before the HALT-IT appraisal.
Ep 167 – Troponin Update and LoDED Study Review with Rick Body
Podcast · Listen 27:19
Compare an investigator’s interpretation of LoDED with your appraisal of the study.

Teaching programmes

Early-career Emergency Medicine
Teaching programme
1 relevant session in this programme.
Higher Training and Advanced Discussion
Teaching programme
2 relevant sessions in this programme.

Lesson links are St Emlyn’s educational mappings. Their individual clinical-review status still applies; attending a session does not demonstrate curriculum competence.