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The History and Philosophy of Placebo Treatments in Clinical Practice and Clinical Trials

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 16d

Just to let people know that there are still spaces available. A technical error on the booking system showed the event as full - so if you tried to book and failed, please do try again!

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 19d

Join us for a guest lecture with Professor Jeremy Howick: The History and Philosophy of Placebo Treatments in Clinical Practice and Clinical Trials.

🗓️13 October, 5:15-6pm (UK time)

📍Rewley House, Oxford

Free and open to all. Booking required.

🔗 Learn more & register: bit.ly/4gscMTH

Lecture by Professor Jeremy Howick Drawing from his seminal work The Power of Placebos (Johns Hopkins University Press), Professor Jeremy Howick presents a rigorous examination of placebo and nocebo ...

The History and Philosophy of Placebo Treatments in Clinical Practice and Clinical Trials

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 19d

Join us for a guest lecture with Professor Jeremy Howick: The History and Philosophy of Placebo Treatments in Clinical Practice and Clinical Trials.

🗓️13 October, 5:15-6pm (UK time)

📍Rewley House, Oxford

Free and open to all. Booking required.

🔗 Learn more & register: bit.ly/4gscMTH

Lecture by Professor Jeremy Howick Drawing from his seminal work The Power of Placebos (Johns Hopkins University Press), Professor Jeremy Howick presents a rigorous examination of placebo and nocebo ...

EBHC NHS Short Course Bursary

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 23d

Apologies - page was moved we think: lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-n...

Details of how to be considered for the EBHC Short Course Bursary

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Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 23d

And that’s a wrap! Our POD conference transported delegates through a whole range of emotions as they navigated moral dilemmas, systematic challenges and evidence demonstrating the harms of specific instances of overdiagnosis, alongside the wider picture:
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Planning some qualitative research? Here’s how our Qualitative Research Methods course can help.

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 23d

Planning some qualitative research?

Then find out more about our Qualitative Research Methods short course !

Dr Aleksandra Borek, tutor on our our Qualitative Research Methods short course shares how the course can offer invaluable help in her blog:

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Dr Aleksandra Borek, Senior Researcher and tutor on Qualitative Research Methods shares invaluable insights into using qualitative research

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Medlife Crisis (Rohin) @medcrisis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ready to go! It’s been a while since I’ve visited Oxford, I will begrudgingly admit it sure is beautiful, went for a dawn wander. And the venues are such a flex when I’m used to grey conference centres. Already very impressed how international the posters are
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Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 27d

📣We are delighted to announce our new EBHC Africa Scholarship, to be awarded to a student starting an EBHC Master’s programme in 2026.

A ‘course-fees only’ scholarship for applicants from specific Lower Middle Income African countries.

Find out more:
lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-a...

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Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · 27d

We’re open for applications to our 2026 Evidence-Based Health Care PG courses including:
• DPhil in EBHC
• MSc in EBHC
• MSc in EBHC (Medical Statistics)
• PGCert in Qualitative Health Research Methods
• PGCert and PGDip in Heath Research

Apply now www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us

Acquiring best practice in online education to support distributed learning in Northern Ontario

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Aug 28

📣Only 3 weeks left to apply for our transformative short course Designing Online Educational Resources!

If you teach EBHC remotely why not find out the seriously positive impact it had on Canadian public health physician Dr Emily Groot's practice: www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/news/views/o...

Canadian public health physician Dr Emily Groot shares her experience with the Developing Online Educational Resources short course.

An Indigenous perspective: August edition of the Decolonising Global Health blog series

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Aug 27

New EBHC alumna blog in our Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences Decolonising Global Health series 📣

Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences @oxprimarycare.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣 New in our Decolonising Global Health blog series: Dr Nicole Redvers, a member of the Denı́nu Kų́ę́ First Nation & recent Oxford DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care alumna, shares an Indigenous perspective on decolonisation in health.

Read her blog below:
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In the August edition of our 12-part Decolonising Global Health blog series, Dr Nicole Redvers, a member of the Denı́nu Kų́ę́ First Nation and recent DPhil graduate from the Evidence-Based Health Ca...

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Preventing Overdiagnosis 2025 Keynote Speakers

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Aug 20

Two weeks to go until Preventing Overdiagnosis 2025⌛

From 3-5 Sept in Oxford, leading experts will tackle the most urgent and provocative questions in healthcare.

Explore the full programme, read the talk abstracts and check out our speaker line-up: www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-o...

Transforming online teaching through the DOER course: A 'Q&A' with Senior Statistician Maria Vazquez Montes

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jul 25

How do you make online teaching more engaging? 💻

Senior Statistician Maria Vazquez Montes shares how the Developing Online Educational Resources (DOER) course helped her redesign her module into a more engaging experience for students.

Read our Q&A blog with Maria ⬇️

Maria Vazquez Montes took the Developing Online Educational Resources (DOER) module through a fully funded bursary. In this blog, she shares how this short course enhanced her teaching practice in rea...

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jul 17

Interested in understanding and finding solutions across the different aspects that can impact on overdiagnosis?
Come to our Oxford conference: 'Preventing overdiagnosis 2025 - winding back the harms of too much medicine' 3 - 5 September.
More here 👉https://www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/preventing-overdiagnosis

Medical Statistics for Big Data

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jul 8

Our brand-new EBHC short course Medical Statistics for Big Data is now open to applications!

Students on our MSc programmes can take the course for academic credit. Members of the public can take it as a standalone course. Find out more and apply today: www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/medi...

Advanced statistical methods for the analysis of electronic health records data

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Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our students on the Qualitative Research Methods (QRM) short course went beyond the classroom last week with a guided tour around the city! 👟

Photo credit: Sam Allard, Fisher Studios

🔗 Explore our full range of Evidence-Based Health Care short courses: buff.ly/VcPDmvj

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Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jun 24

Congrats to Gamuchirai Pamela Gwaza on passing her viva for the DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care, defending her thesis on integrated diagnosis in low- and middle-income countries, supervised by Annette Plüddemann, Carl Heneghan & Marcy McCall MacBain.

More about the DPhil here: bit.ly/4k7mviD

Advice to applicants from our current Evidence-Based Health Care Master’s and DPhil students

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jun 23

A quick reminder that applications to study on our MSc programmes in Evidence-Based Health Care this autumn close on Friday, 27 June at 12 noon UK time.

If you're planning to apply for this year or future years then our ‘Advice to Applicants’ video is a must-watch!
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YouTube video by CEBM Oxford

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Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jun 19

Prof Carl Heneghan spoke to ITV news supporting women who took Sodium Valproate to treat epilepsy whilst pregnant, leading to a wide range of birth defects:

“It's a major scandal. More than 1 in 10 women on the drug will have had a child with congenital malformation."

www.itv.com/watch/news/m...

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Acquiring best practice in online education to support distributed learning in Northern Ontario

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jun 13

Work for the NHS and interested in taking one of our short courses in Evidence-Based Health Care?

Check out our new bursaries offering a 20% fee reduction to current NHS employees across 14 of our short courses: conted.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-nhs

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Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Jun 2

Dr Emily Groot, a public health physician and DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care candidate shares how Oxford’s Developing Online Educational Resources short course is helping her support distributed medical education across Northern Ontario.

Interested in the course? Apply by 19 Sep 🗓️

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Canadian public health physician Dr Emily Groot shares her experience with the Developing Online Educational Resources short course.

Reflections on the recent inaugural Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Conference

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · May 22

Last week members of the CEBM travelled to Banff for the inaugural Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Conference: Looking at the Pandemic in the Rear-view Mirror: Successes, Failures and Unexpected Consequences.

Read Dr Georgia Richards, tutor on the MSc in EBHC's reflections here: bit.ly/45kOp6Q

Dr Georgia Richards, Associate Tutor for the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care and DPhil supervisor reflects on the recent inaugural Pandemic EVIDENCE Collaboration Conference held in Banff, Canada, 1...

Professor Carl Heneghan presents evidence on the health impacts of breast implants at UK parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee

Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · May 15

CEBM Director Prof Carl Heneghan joined other medical professionals this week to provide evidence on the health impacts of PIP industrial grade and superior medical grade silicone breast implants to a Women and Equalities Committee session in Parliament.

More here with video link: bit.ly/3FbdzdF

Professor Carl Heneghan, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine and co-Director of the DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care at Oxford University joined other academics and medical professio...

Are GP incentives for smoking cessation hitting the mark? New study questions impact on effective care for heart patients

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Angela Difeng Wu @angeladwu.bsky.social · May 6

Article on my newest research paper. Are GP incentives for smoking cessation hitting the mark? New study questions impact on effective care for heart patients www.phc.ox.ac.uk/news/smoking...
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#smoking #smokingcessation #cvd

Are UK GP incentives helping heart patients quit smoking? New research questions QOF impact, finding effective cessation treatments lag behind recorded advice, especially for those with mental illness...

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Centre For Evidence-Based Medicine @cebmoxford.bsky.social · Apr 30

📬 Why did Nicholas Jones send a postcard to himself and what does it have to do with teaching evidence-based practice (TEBP)?

In our latest blog, he reflects on our TEBP short course and how it reshaped his approach to medical education.

📅 Next course runs 15-19 Sept 2025

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Teaching that sticks: Reflections on a memorable week of the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice course

Dr Nicholas Jones reflects on his experience of the Teaching Evidence-Based Practice short course at the University of Oxford, sharing how it enhanced his teaching approach and skills in evidence-base...