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EBVMA PodcastEvidence Anxiety Series: Balance: Episode 5In order to address anxiety about trusting a truth claim, the person making the claim must provide sufficient information for veterinarians to be assured that study outcomes were measured or collected in a way that ensures equal and fair assessment of all the animals in all the treatment groups. Every outcome for every animal must be evaluated in exactly the same way by a person who is completely unaware of which animals received a different treatment or had a different risk factor from any other animal in the study.
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2022-12-1605 min
EBVMA PodcastEvidence Anxiety Series: All things being equalThis is the 4th episode of our Evidence Anxiety Series and will discuss the importance of allocation in study design. Infograph and transcript are available at ebvma.org. Narrated by Laura M Rey.
2022-09-3005 min
EBVMA PodcastEvidence Anxiety Series: Power: Episode 3As a rule of thumb, if the researchers expect the treatment effect to be small, then the study has to be big, conversely, the smaller the study, the more likely it is that a small or rare effect is missed2. This relationship is the same regardless of the treatment applied, be it a surgical method, a behavior modification strategy, a drug, or a vaccine. Put even more simply, big studies have more power to detect differences.
1. Jones SR, Carley S, Harrison M. An introduction to power and sample size estimation. Emerg Med J. 2003;20(5):453-458. doi:10.1136/emj.20.5.453
2022-06-0505 min
EBVMA PodcastEvidence Anxiety Series: Compared to what?This is the second podcast in the questioning authority series. In this podcast, we look at the importance of comparison to evaluate claims made about the efficacy of any procedure or intervention. Infograph and transcript are available at ebvma.org. Narration by Dr. Sheila Keay.
2021-08-3104 min
EBVMA PodcastEvidence Anxiety Series: Questioning AuthorityAn overview of how practitioners can question any claim made in media, conferences, sales representatives and, essentially, any medical wisdom. Infograph is available at ebvm.org. Narration by Dr. Bob Larson.
2021-07-0706 min
EBVMA PodcastForming the Clinical QuestionThe process of developing a clinical question is divided into four categories:
1. Patient
2. Intervention
3. Comparison
4. Outcome
The practice of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) starts with forming a clinicalquestions. Forming a question that is highly specific, particularly in outcomes is very importantin retrieving relevant research.
Originally recorded October 2016 via Skype at Bel-Rea Institute of Animal Technology
2021-06-2531 min
EBVMA PodcastEBVM MethodologyRecorded August 2016
The process of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) is divided into 5 phases: 1. Developing the clinical question
Developing the clinical question
Finding the evidence
Retrieve the evidence
Evaluate the evidence
Implement the evidence
The practice of evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) starts with forming a clinical questions. Questions, like evidence, should be prioritized. Likewise, once the question is formed and the evidence is found, a critical eye should examine factors the reader understands, most clinicians are not statisticians, put emphasis on the methodology over the statistical method when evaluating quality.
2020-08-2135 min
EBVMA PodcastWhat is EBVM?1st Podcast April 2016
What is EBVM?
Dr. McKenzie started the podcast by discussing Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine (EBVM) and its role in the clinical environment. Key points as follows:
EBVM is the integration of scientific research into clinical practice in a more systematic and less haphazard way than in the past. It is important to understand that different evidence has different reliability.
EBVM allows for flexibility in practice. We aren't bound by what we were told to do, but can utilize recent science to inform new and better practices.
Sometimes finding the evidence can be...
2020-07-3133 min