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EBHC DPhil alumna Ranin Soliman and EBHC Teaching and Education programme director David Nunan share their viewpoints on the new Oxford-Egypt EBHC Alliance, the parts they have played in making it happen and its predicted impact on healthcare in Egypt and beyond.
Small choices, big outcomes: Alexandra Caulfield’s reflections on the Health Behaviour Change short course
Alexandra Caulfield reflects on her experience taking the Health Behaviour Change short course at Oxford, exploring how everyday health choices shape our lives and how behavioural science can be applied in primary care to support positive change.
Who would take an Evidence-Based Health Care History and Philosophy short course?
What does philosophy have to do with Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC)? More than you might think! In this blog, we highlight the mistakenly perceived dissonance of the two, as explored by module lead Dr Jonathan Livingstone-Banks, and share insights from students who have taken the History and Philosophy of Evidence-Based Health Care course at Oxford.
What does it mean to be ‘living’? In the case of systematic reviews, it depends on who you ask.
DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care student Melanie Golob investigates definitions of living systematic reviews and whether Cochrane Reviews are the gold standard.
Reflecting on the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice short course at Oxford
Dr Angela Difeng Wu shares her reflections on taking the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice short course at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, University of Oxford.
From statistics for clinical trials to medical machine learning, AI and healthcare industry inroads: One MSc in Evidence-Based Healthcare student’s journey
MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care Medical Statistics student Dr Wallen Mphepo shares his experience of the programme, highlighting in particular the Statistics for Clinical Trials module.
From Colombia to Oxford: Virginia Zarama’s journey through the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
Virginia Zarama, recent graduate of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) programme, shares her experience of the course.
Having experienced my fair share of ineffective online learning prior to the pandemic, I was keen to find ways to make my own online teaching more effective and engaging.
Research fellow Cervantée Wild shares with us her experience of taking the Developing Online Educational Resources short course
Balance is your best friend—mix rigorous study with the rich experiences Oxford offers. Network like a pro; your next big collaboration could be waiting just around the corner.
Independent mental health counsellor and award-winning MSc in EBHC graduate Nur Hidayati Handayani shares her experiences on the programme with us
The first step to being a good teacher is understanding what it means to be an effective educator.
Epidemiologist, health behaviour scientist and post-doctoral researcher Min Gao shares with us the benefits she gained by taking the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice module as a short course.
The need to evaluate research integrity when systematic reviewing: a Study Within A Review (SWAR)
Sixth year medical students Jennifer Knight and Archie Wing share details of their study within a review (SWAR) focusing on evaluating research integrity as part of their special study module at the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Are systematic reviews as trustworthy as we think? A case for critical appraisal bias in back pain research.
Final year medical students Lisa and Laura joined Dr David Nunan at the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) for a three-week special study module (SSM). While developing their understanding of systematic review principles and evolutions in the field, they also developed a protocol to investigate the potential impact of implicit bias on systematic review findings.
Critical care physician Ana Spataru shares her experiences as a recent student on the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care
Ana Spataru completed her MSc In Evidence-Based Health Care thesis in 2022 with a project focusing on the use of automatic technology for the administration of intravenous medication, a task usually performed by healthcare professionals.
Can we trust the integrity of trial evidence informing UK clinical guidelines?
Final year medical students Minahil, Oskar, and Sukhmunni joined Dr David Nunan at the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine (CEBM) for a three-week special study module (SSM). While developing their understanding of some of the issues currently facing medical research, they also developed a protocol to further understand the scope of these issues.
Is the ‘best’ really the ‘best’? Chris Banks-Pillar recently completed his MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care focusing on the conundrum of whether the ‘best’ evidence really is the 'best’.
Chris Banks-Pillar shares his journey interrogating the integrity of evidence around exercise-based interventions for treating non-specific chronic lower back pain (NSCLBP) for his MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care dissertation.
Arsenio Paez shares with us his experiences during his DPhil in Evidence Based-Health Care and his plans to utilise these in his research, and with the students he teaches.
Arsenio Paez completed his DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care in May 2023. Here he shares how this experience will inform his research focused on sleep, Alzheimer's Disease, and dementia and his teaching, in Canada.
Teaching evidence-based health care and being a doctor – a marriage made in heaven
Alumni, Anand Rajan, reflects his experience of the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Evidence-Based Health Care and how this is only the beginning of his EBHC educator’s journey.
Hear Ranin Soliman's experiences during her recently completed DPhil in EBHC about generating evidence to improve childhood cancer health outcomes and resource use in Egypt
Ranin Soliman completed her DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care in May 2023. Her DPhil research work focused on generating evidence to improve childhood cancer health outcomes and resource use in Egypt.
Investigating the Epidemiology of Opioids in England
In this blog, fourth year medical student, Antonia-Oliva Roberts, discusses her extended essay, investigating opioid consumption in England, as part of the Final Honour's Scheme.
Evidence-based research needs to become our day-to-day tool to address health challenges and answer complex problems
In this blog, MSc EBHC student, Filippo Giliberti, discusses how the programme enables students to ask bold questions and answer complex health problems.
The student voice: Medical Student Ioan Baxter share 3rd-year research project
Ioan Baxter, a 3rd-year medical student, at Worcester College, writes this blog, detailing his research project, as part of the Final Honours Scheme Research Projects Programme, completed under the supervision of Dr. David Nunan of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.