Effectiveness Delusions

Format: Cartoons

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Language/s: English

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Target Audience: Self-directed learning

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Short Description:

Cherry picking the results of people in sub-groups can be misleading.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 2-11 Subgroup analyses may be misleading
• 1-6 Expert opinion is not always right
• 3-3 Are the treatments practical in your setting?

Details

To inoculate yourself against “significant” effects that might not improve health, have a look at papers by Ioannidis and Gotzsche. Want to know more about the risks of relying only on biomarkers? Here’s an explanation of their pitfalls at PubMed Health.

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