Semi Structured Interviews (CAN9)
Semi-structured interviews are a great way to get the really rich data we need to understand something in greater depth. They allow us to ask ‘why?’ as well as just ‘what?’, ‘who?’ and ‘when?’.
critical appraisal
The ‘Roid’ to Recovery? REMAP-CAP @ St Emlyn’s
This week JAMA published three important trials on the use of steroids in patients with severe COVID-19, with an additional cherry on top; a subsequent inclusive meta-analysis (totalling 7 RCTs …
Covid-19 Journal Club: The Director’s Cut #6
The Emergency Medicine Academic Group based out of Leicester have given us another fantastic directors cut. Check out their work here! Professor Tim Coates and Dr Mohammed Elwan have searched …
JC: Does post exposure prophylaxis (with HCQ) work in Covid-19?
The utility of hydroxychloroquine in the management of Covid-19 often seems to be more of a political than a medical debate. Many politicians, journalists, hacks, and a whole range of …
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The RECOVERY platform trial: No benefit to Hydroxychloroquine in Covid-19. St Emlyn’s
We’ve talked about the RECOVERY trial on the blog and podcast before. This is a UK based platform trial (more on this later) looking at patients admitted to hospital with …
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JC: Journal club book for 2019-2020 published. #FOAMed
We’re delighted to publish the annual St Emlyn’s critical appraisal book this week. It’s a collection of our best critical appraisal blogs and covers over 30 papers that we have …
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JC: Enter Sandman – Which Agent as Second Line in Paediatric Status Epilepticus?
Appraisal and reflections on the recently published ConSEPT and EcLiPSE trials – what do they mean for the treatment of paediatric status epilepticus?
CAN 8: p-values
We’ve not done a critical appraisal nugget for a while now. No excuses, we’ve just been busy with other stuff, but we need to rectify that now. This week I …