A systematic review of the use of an expertise-based randomised controlled trial design

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cook, Jonathan A ^a   Elders, Andrew ^b   Boachie, Charles ^b   Bassinga, Ted ^b   Fraser, Cynthia ^b   Altman, Doug G ^a   Boutron, Isabelle ^c   Ramsay, Craig R ^b   MacLennan, Graeme S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Expertise; Expertise based; Learning; Non pharmacological interventions; Randomised controlled trial; Surgery; Systematic review; Trial design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); CLINICAL COMPETENCE; LEARNING CURVE; PERSONNEL; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84931267714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0739-5     Document Type: Article

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