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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · 20d

Guidance for reporting AI technology evaluations for ultrasound scanning in regional anaesthesia

#AnSky #RASky #AI

doi.org/10.1111/anae...

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · 23d

NEW PAPER "The STARD-AI reporting guideline for diagnostic accuracy studies using #artificialintelligence"

--> www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#machinelearning #MLsky #statssky #digitalhealth #transparency

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Sep 8

Early-career researchers and students in health research! Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School to learn how to plan, write, and publish excellent journal articles.
Date: 1–4 Dec 2025 OR Mondays 19 Jan – 9 Feb 2026
Time: 9:30 – 13:30 GMT
Online
resources.equator-network.org/training.htm...

Publication School

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · Aug 3

NEW PAPER: the CHART reporting guideline for studies evaluating generative AI models like #ChatGPT & other #LLMs for providing health advice

--> bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

The explanation & elaboration paper

--> www.bmj.com/content/390/...

#genAI #chatbots #healthadvice #reporting

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Jun 18

The GREENBEAN checklist.

A new reporting guideline for studies evaluating the effectiveness of EEG-based biomarkers

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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JAMA @jama.com · Jun 15

Authors, editors, reviewers, and other potential users should use CONSORT 2025 when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent.

Learn more in this Special Communication.

https://ja.ma/3TlnKQe

CONSORT 2025 Statement
Updated Guideline for Reporting Randomized Trials

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · May 30

EQUATOR website updated.

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Tammy Hoffmann @tammyh.bsky.social · May 24

The explanation & elaboration paper is here: doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...

All CONSORT 2025 & SPIRIT 2025 documents, figures & fillable checklists are here: www.consort-spirit.org
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SPIRIT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for protocols of randomised trials

High quality protocols facilitate proper planning, conduct, reporting, and external review of randomised trials, yet their completeness varies and key elements are often not considered. To strengthen ...

doi.org

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · May 30

As does TRIPOD+AI (2024) for reporting predictive AI studies 😀

www.bmj.com/content/385/...

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Apr 11

Health researchers, have you ever wondered how to:

• Negotiate authorship
• Choose a journal
• Develop good writing habits
• Write each section of an article
• Revise your own writing
• Respond to peer review

The UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School is here to help! bit.ly/equatorpubsc...

UK EQUATOR Centre Publication School

Fit for purpose: The secrets of success in writing, publishing, and disseminating research articles

bit.ly

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 3

A Consensus Statement in Nature Medicine from CONSORT 2025 provides updated guidance to authors, reviewers and editors, when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent. go.nature.com/3Si0p1f #medsky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows the CONSORT 2025 flow diagram.

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Trials Change Lives @trialschangelives.bsky.social · Apr 29

#CochraneDaily Just published! The SPIRIT 2025 and CONSORT 2025 guidance on reporting the protocols and results of randomised trials are both out now
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
#RCT #EBHC #EBM #RandomisedTrials @equatornetwork.bsky.social

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Gary Collins @gscollins.bsky.social · Apr 29

NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @BMJ.com, @JAMA.com, @thelancet.bsky.social, @PLoS.org, and @natmedicine.bsky.social.

—> www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#openscience #transparency #medsky #statssky #episky

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Jan R. Boehnke @jrboehnke.bsky.social · Apr 25

Consistent implementation of reporting guidelines is important and helpful in #HRQL research (e.g.,
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
and
link.springer.com/article/10.1...)

This opinion piece related to the #CONSORT2025 publication offers food for thought on how to implementation can be improved 👇

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Apr 23

"Reporting guidelines have become an essential instrument of scientific integrity. We need to make the leap from just producing reporting guidelines to helping researchers put them into practice" writes UK EQUATOR Centre director @gscollins.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Apr 11

Early-career researchers and students in health research! Join the UK EQUATOR Centre's Publication School to learn how to plan, write, and publish excellent journal articles.

Date: Mondays, 23 June – 14 July 2025
Time: 9:30 – 13:30 GMT+1
Where: Online via Zoom

bit.ly/equatorpubsc...

UK EQUATOR Centre Publication School

Fit for purpose: The secrets of success in writing, publishing, and disseminating research articles

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The BMJ @bmj.com · Apr 17

The CONSORT statement has been updated to reflect recent methodological advancements and user feedback.

This article describes the rationale for each checklist item and provides published examples of good reporting
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Apr 15

The recommendations are also published in

JAMA (@jama.com)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Lancet (@thelancet.bsky.social)
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Nature Medicine (@naturemedicine.bsky.social)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

PLoS Medicine (@plos.org)
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

CONSORT 2025 Statement

This Special Communication introduces the updated Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) 2025 statement, which includes substantive and structural changes to account for recent methodolo...

jamanetwork.com

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Apr 15

And the linked Explanation and Elaboration paper which discusses each reporting recommendation and provides examples of good reporting

www.bmj.com/content/389/...

CONSORT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials

Critical appraisal of the quality of randomised trials is possible only if their design, conduct, analysis, and results are completely and accurately reported. Without transparent reporting of the met...

www.bmj.com

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EQUATOR Network @equatornetwork.bsky.social · Apr 15

It’s a big day in the reporting guidelines and transparency calendar with the release of the new and revised CONSORT statement for reporting randomised trials (CONSORT-2025)

You can get the reporting recommendations here

www.bmj.com/content/389/...

#OpenAccess #ResearchIntegrity #Transparency

CONSORT 2025 statement: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials

Background Well designed and properly executed randomised trials are considered the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions. However, there is overwhelming evidence that the...

www.bmj.com

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