As we approach the World Prematurity Day in November 2015, let us acknowledge the great effort of dedicated people who were behind the new WHO guidance on interventions for pregnant women in whom preterm birth is imminent and for care of preterm neonates to improve preterm birth outcomes. This guideline was jointly developed by the … Continue reading A Guideline for saving lives
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
On September 1, 2015, Egyptian Center for Evidence Based Medicine became a member of The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH). PMNCH is hosted & administered by the World Health Organization. The Partnership joins reproductive, maternal, newborn, child & adolescent health communities into an alliance of organizations, across seven constituencies: academic, research and teaching … Continue reading Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health
Preterm birth: new WHO guidance for saving lives
The WHO recommendations on interventions to improve preterm birth outcomes will be useful for people working across the health sector, from health-care workers who directly provide care to pregnant women and preterm infants, to health-care policy makers and programmers, as well as those working on the development of job aids and training tools for health-care workers.
Good Publication Practice for Industry-Sponsored Medical Research
Scientific and clinical research should be reported in a complete, accurate, balanced, and timely manner to ensure a well informed decision making and increase the efficiency and quality of health care. Such research is often initiated by, or involves collaboration with, commercial organizations, such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and diagnostics companies. The Good Publication Practice (GPP) guideline … Continue reading Good Publication Practice for Industry-Sponsored Medical Research
Standalone teaching vs. clinically integrated teaching of EBM
standalone teaching improves knowledge, but has no effects on skills, attitudes, or practice. Whereas clinically integrated teaching improved knowledge, skills, attitudes, and practice
Fundamentals of Clinical Trials: a scholarship opportunity
There are major steps that one must navigate successfully to take an idea of a clinical trial and turn it into a publication that may have an impact on clinical practice. These steps include conceiving the study question, developing the study plan, implementing the study plan, analyzing data, reporting the results and submitting the manuscript for publication. … Continue reading Fundamentals of Clinical Trials: a scholarship opportunity
Systematic reviews of Interventions, August 2015
Solving the problems of your own systematic review and meta-analysis with peers Apply NOW The workshop will focus on the practicalities of conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis. It will use a problem-based learning approach in which each group of participants brings a specific topic for a systematic review to discuss, justify, revise and conduct. Mentor: … Continue reading Systematic reviews of Interventions, August 2015
Systematic reviews of Interventions, June 2015
A step-by-step approach to learn the skills of conducting a systematic review on 4-June-2015. Who can attend: Medicine/Dentistry/Pharmacy Mentor: Prof. Ashraf Nabhan For scientific information please contact the team of facilitators Dr Heba Ghanem: hebaghanem14@gmail.com Dr Mona Shaaban: dr_mona_sh@yahoo.com Dr. Ahmed Alaa Kolkailah: kolkailah_ahmed@yahoo.com Dr Khalid Shalaby: khalid.shalaby@gmail.com Marina Aziz: marina.nashed92@gmail.com Yosra Salem: yosrasalem922@gmail.com Yousef Fouad: yousef.a.fouad@gmail.com Registration … Continue reading Systematic reviews of Interventions, June 2015
Systematic reviews of Interventions, May 2015
This Professional Development training day takes a step-by-step approach to the tasks of conducting a systematic review on 14-May-2015.
WHO Statement on Public Disclosure of Clinical Trial Results
On April 14, 2015, the World Health Organization published a new statement on the disclosure of clinical trial results. In the latest version of the Declaration of Helsinki it is stated that "Researchers, authors, sponsors, editors and publishers all have ethical obligations with regard to the publication and dissemination of the results of research". Failure … Continue reading WHO Statement on Public Disclosure of Clinical Trial Results
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