This RLO outlines why asking the right question can help in the search for evidence, and explains how to construct good questions using the PICO technique.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

Case series typically involve a much smaller number of patients than the more powerful case-control study or Randomised controlled trial (RCT). In this design patients with a known exposure to a treatment are tracked prospectively to identify new forms of disease or adverse effects. Case series can also be retrospective - here medical records are examined to identify a link between exposure and disease.

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Release Date: 14 June 2018

This RLO explains what are case-control and cohort studies, and outlines the difference between them.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This resource looks at cohort studies in relation to medical research and investigates medical disease and establishes links between risk factors and health outcomes.

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Release Date: 18 December 2018

This RLO defines the term 'confidence intervals' and demonstrates how they can be used to determine the significance and range of possible sizes of a treatment effect.

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Release Date: 04 September 2017

This RLO provides an introduction to the basic concepts of meta-analysis, which is an important and valuable tool for summarising data from multiple studies.

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Release Date: 27 September 2017

This RLO considers how to measure and interpret the magnitude of effect in clinical trial results using number needed to treat (NNT) and number needed to harm (NNH).

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Release Date: 17 August 2017

Outlining the distinction between qualitative and quantitative methods of doing research.

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Release Date: 13 February 2017

The aim of this Reusable Learning Object (RLO) is to give you an idea of how qualitative data analysis is done. It's aimed at students studying evidence based practice or research methods, with a basic understanding of what qualitative research is.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This RLO explains how diagnostic test accuracy is described by the terms sensitivity and specificity. Sensitivity describes the accuracy of the test in detecting disease. Specificity describes the accuracy of the test in detecting health.

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Release Date: 12 June 2018

This RLO considers the type of evidence which should be used when making decisions about patient care.

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Release Date: 12 June 2018

This RLO outlines the variety of types of qualitative research that there are. It's aimed primarily at students studying evidence based practice and research methods.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This learning object introduces educational journals and describes three types: Academic, Professional and Subject. The examples used are drawn from the area of nursing, but the concepts are cross-discipline.

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Release Date: 05 June 2017

This RLO outlines how Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) work.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

This RLO introduces the concept of evidence based practice and explains, in outline, how evidence based practice is done.

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Release Date: 11 June 2010

Why published research needs to be appraised by readers.

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Release Date: 21 March 2017