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The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in Oxford - Develops, promotes and disseminates better evidence for healthcare. #EvidenceBasedMedicine

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Four women seated at a table with laptops, smiling and listening to a presenter whose hands are visible.

Applications are open for our β€˜Statistical Computing for Health Care Research’ short course.

Develop programming skills and statistical methods such as simulation, bootstrap, optimisation and machine learning.

Apply by 5pm UK, 9 April

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3PbOhk0

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concentrating and listening to the teaching session.

Side profile of four students in a classroom, concentrating and listening to the teaching session.

The deadline is approaching for our β€˜Meta-analysis’ short course for health professionals.⏳

This course explores different meta-analysis methods and common problems encountered with extracting data.Β 

Apply by: 5pm UK, 5 March (limited places available!)Β 
Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rHhykD

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A quick reminder that we are offering a limited number of bursaries to current employees of the NHS on selected Evidence-Based Health Care Short courses, as part of our new NHS Short Course Bursary scheme.

Find out more here: https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-nhs-short-course-bursary

26.01.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A diverse group of six people stands outdoors, holding a large world map. They are smiling, with trees and a brick building in the background.

One week until the January deadline to apply for our Evidence-Based Health Care master’s programmes!

Applicants from eligible African countries may be considered for our EBHC Africa Scholarship, covering programme fees for up to three years.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4syuMBw

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A woman with long dark hair, wearing a green shirt, speaks and gestures with a pen in hand while seated among a group of attentive people.

The deadline is approaching for our 'Systematic Reviews' short course. ⏳

Led by @drnlindson.bsky.social,Β  this practical course supports participants to develop and refine their own systematic review questions.

Apply by 5pm UK, 5 Feb (limited places available!)

Learn more: https://bit.ly/49dTLT5

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A quick reminder that the deadline to apply, if you wish to be considered for our new EBHC Africa Scholarship for Evidence-Based master's programmes, is next Friday, 28 January.Β 

Find out more about the scholarship here:
https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/about/ebhc-africa-scholarship

14.01.2026 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dr David Nunan wearing a dark shirt and khaki pants speaks in front of a large screen displaying a presentation slide with blurred text and graphics.

Looking to develop your teaching practice in medical education? πŸ“š

Our Developing Practice in Medical Education short course (in-person, 2-6 Feb 2026) combines reflective, evidence-informed learning, led by Dr David Nunan and Dr Louise Rickard.

Apply by 8 Jan 2026: https://bit.ly/48JHLbT

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Would you like to design, conduct and interpret epidemiological studies in large routine healthcare databases?

Our Big Data Epidemiology short course teaches you how to manage data for studies that use electronic health record data.

Applications close this Friday, more here: https://bit.ly/4iXomHX

17.12.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Informational graphic for an Online Event for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes, featuring course directors' photos and event details for December 15, 5-6pm GMT.

Informational graphic for an Online Event for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes, featuring course directors' photos and event details for December 15, 5-6pm GMT.

Last chance to register for our final online info session for our Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes! 🚨

Can't make it live? Register anyway and we'll send you the slides and recording after the event.

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/47PAEOH

14.12.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover page of a systematic review on AI-assisted radiology in cancer assessment, featuring authors from the University of Oxford.

Cover page of a systematic review on AI-assisted radiology in cancer assessment, featuring authors from the University of Oxford.

Oxford medical students in our Special Study Theme (SST) have published a systematic review on AI-assisted radiology in a peer-reviewed journal. Congratulations to the students and supervisors Dr Jason Oke and Dr Annette PlΓΌddemann!

Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/dlphcfavhc

11.12.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Online event announcement for Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes on December 11, 10:30-11:30am GMT.

Online event announcement for Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes on December 11, 10:30-11:30am GMT.

Last chance to register for our online event tomorrow from 10:30-11:30am GMT for our Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes! πŸ“£

Can't make it live? Register anyway and we'll send you the slides and recording after the event.

Secure your place: https://bit.ly/3LLy3fX

10.12.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One week left until our final online information session for our postgraduate programmes in Evidence-Based Health Care!

Secure your place: bit.ly/47PAEOH

@oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social

#EvidenceBasedMedicine #OxfordStudy

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Will you be joining us next Thursday? Just one week to go until our first online information session for our postgraduate programmes! ⏳

Register your place below ⬇️

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A student at a desk looking at a laptop

Thinking of applying for the DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care?

Join our online Interest Session on 9 Dec, 12–1pm GMT with Prof Carl Heneghan & Dr Anne-Marie Boylan to learn about the process and requirements.

βœ‰οΈ Email to register: pgr@conted.ox.ac.uk / sienna.wright@conted.ox.ac.uk

02.12.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Informational graphic for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes Meet the Course Directors Online Event, Monday 15 December 5-6pm GMT

Informational graphic for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes Meet the Course Directors Online Event, Monday 15 December 5-6pm GMT

Two weeks until our second online info session on our Evidence-Based Health Care courses!

πŸ“… Mon 15 Dec 5-6pm GMT

Meet the course directors and explore MSc, PGDip and PGCert options, including the new Medical Statistics for Big Data short course.

Register: bit.ly/47PAEOH

#EvidenceBasedMedicine

01.12.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Informational graphic for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes Meet the Course Directors: Online Event, Thursday 11 December 10:30-11:30am GMT

Informational graphic for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes Meet the Course Directors: Online Event, Thursday 11 December 10:30-11:30am GMT

Have you signed up for our online postgraduate info sessions yet?

The first event is coming up next Thursday, 11 December 10:30-11:30 GMT πŸ“…

Hear from our fantastic course directors and bring your questions for a live Q&A.

Register here: bit.ly/3LLy3fX

01.12.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Informational graphic for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes Meet the Course Directors: Online Event, featuring headshots of EBHC course directors with text overlay reading 'Thursday 11 December 10.30-11.30am and Monday 15 December 5.00-6.00pm GMT'.

Informational graphic for the Evidence-Based Health Care Postgraduate Programmes Meet the Course Directors: Online Event, featuring headshots of EBHC course directors with text overlay reading 'Thursday 11 December 10.30-11.30am and Monday 15 December 5.00-6.00pm GMT'.

Considering a Master’s or postgraduate programme in Evidence-Based Health Care?

Join an online info session to hear from course directors, explore your study options and join a live Q&A!

πŸ‘‰11 Dec, 10:30-11:30am: bit.ly/3LLy3fX

πŸ‘‰15 Dec, 5-6pm: bit.ly/47PAEOH

#EvidenceBasedHealthCare #Oxford

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DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

Is a DPhil in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) right for you? πŸ’­
Co-directors of the programme Professor Carl Heneghan and Dr Anne-Marie Boylan offer insights on the β€˜ideal student’ and who should apply (hint: it’s not just for practicing clinicians).

Learn more: buff.ly/XPdJdJj

#OxfordUniversity

18.11.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of Dr David Nunan lecturing with text overlay reading 'TEBM 30th Anniversary Award, Apply by 24 November'.

A photo of Dr David Nunan lecturing with text overlay reading 'TEBM 30th Anniversary Award, Apply by 24 November'.

πŸ“£ Deadline extended!

Apply by 24 November for the Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine 30th Anniversary Award, celebrating 30 years of advancing EBM education.

Open to educators who’ve attended, taught or contributed to the course.

Learn more: ow.ly/A4Ja50XjLVz

17.11.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Event poster for 'Menopause: what works, what doesn't, and what needs to change' - a free event on Saturday 29 November 2025, 11am-1pm in Oxford. Features speakers Dr Anne-Marie Boylan (University of Oxford), Sally Wainwright (television writer, producer, and director), and Dr Sheema Tariq (University College London). Hosted by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. The design includes an artistic illustration of a uterus adorned with flowers and botanical elements on a navy blue background.

Event poster for 'Menopause: what works, what doesn't, and what needs to change' - a free event on Saturday 29 November 2025, 11am-1pm in Oxford. Features speakers Dr Anne-Marie Boylan (University of Oxford), Sally Wainwright (television writer, producer, and director), and Dr Sheema Tariq (University College London). Hosted by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences. The design includes an artistic illustration of a uterus adorned with flowers and botanical elements on a navy blue background.

FREE EVENT: New research on #menopause healthcare + Sally Wainwright (Happy Valley) on Riot Women + free evidence-based support programme.

Free event, 29 Nov, Oxford – for anyone experiencing or supporting others through menopause.

www.eventbrite.com/e/menopause-...

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Introducing our new Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) Africa Scholarship A first step in promoting equity in accessibility to our EBHC master's programmes.

Prospective EBHC Master's student from Africa?

We're launching our new EBHC Africa Scholarship to fund a student's fees for up to 3 years of their studies. Applicants offered a place on any MSc in EBHC starting in 2026 who meet the country criteria will be invited to apply .
More: bit.ly/4oPs1cs

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Dr David Nunan speaking to a group of students. Text overlay reads 'TEBM 30th Anniversary Award, Apply by 16 November'.

Dr David Nunan speaking to a group of students. Text overlay reads 'TEBM 30th Anniversary Award, Apply by 16 November'.

πŸ“£ Funding opportunity!

Apply for the Teaching Evidence-Based Medicine 30th Anniversary Award - celebrating educators advancing evidence-based medicine.

Learn more & apply by 16 November: bit.ly/4oiXK5W

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Woman's Hour - Clare's law, PIP breast implant scandal, Queen Victoria's mental health - BBC Sounds Delays in a scheme to tell people if their partners have a history of being abusive.

Following his presentation of evidence to the UK parliamentary Women and Equalities Committee in May, CEBM's Prof Carl Heneghan joined Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this morning to discuss a call to compensate women caught up in the scandal of faulty breast implants:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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CEBM Medical Students: Taking a systematic review from concept to publication Holden Eaton (left), Kate Eastwick-Jones (centre) and Archie Watt (right) recently graduated from the undergraduate medical education programme at the University of Oxford. During their studies, they ...

As Oxford medical students Holden Eaton, Kate Eastwick-Jones and Archie Watt participated in a two-week Special Study Theme with the CEBM.

Read their blog to discover how they took their study further and published their findings in the Family Practice journal.
www.phc.ox.ac.uk/blog/cebm-me...

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Happy World EBHC Day!

To mark this special day we'd like to remind you of our new bursaries for current NHS staff which offer a 20% course fee reduction across many short courses including Big Data Epidemiology, coming up next month.

Find out which courses are included:
ow.ly/wkOf50XeUY9

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Nipple shields: the first systematic review after (at least) 300 years of use Nipple shields have been used by breastfeeding women for hundreds of years, yet we're only now conducting the first systematic review of their effectiveness.

After centuries of use, there's still no consensus on whether nipple shields work and are safe for use.

Many women use them secretly or avoid them due to conflicting advice from healthcare providers.

Our team is conducting the first systematic review to find out what the evidence really says. ⬇

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New Medical Statistics for Big Data short course: Advanced statistical methods for electronic health record studies In this blog Senior Statistician and Epidemiologist Dr Margaret Smith, co-lead on our new accredited short course Medical Statistics for Big Data, describes a recent study on maternal anaemia and cong...

Dr Margaret Smith, co-lead on our new 'Medical Statistics for Big Data' course blogs about a recent study on maternal anaemia and congenital heart disease, using the CPRD GOLD database of electronic health records.

Students on our new course will the acquire skills to do similar.
bit.ly/4o8x1bR

07.10.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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!

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The History and Philosophy of Placebo Treatments in Clinical Practice and Clinical Trials Lecture by Professor Jeremy Howick Drawing from his seminal workΒ The Power of PlacebosΒ (Johns Hopkins University Press), Professor Jeremy Howick presents a rigorous examination of placebo and nocebo ...

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

πŸ—“οΈ13 October, 5:15-6pm (UK time)

πŸ“Rewley House, Oxford

Free and open to all. Booking required.

πŸ”— Learn more & register: bit.ly/4gscMTH

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

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

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