GP. NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow, Nuffield Dept. PHCS, Oxford.
RCGP Overdiagnosis Group. Moderator, NICE GP Reference Panel
Feb 15, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Launch gpevidence.org 2 weeks ago, 4000+ visitors so far 💥Top 3 topics 1/ Atrial fibrillation. Easy comparisons of stroke prevention and bleeding risk by CHADS and ORBIT
Interestingly, no direct placebo comparison for ORBIT, so background population rates in text above 2/ Menopause. Info broken down by all those tricky questions eg CV risk here in a table (worked better than smileys for this data set)...
Mar 4, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
GPs understanding of the benefits and harms of long term treatments. Paper out today bjgpopen.org/content/early/… Shows we GPs have a real knowledge gap about the absolute size of treatment effects. System problem, not individuals and some good news too. Thread 1/22
Thanks to co-authors Geoff Wong, Coral Milburn-Curtis, @Feakster86@trishgreenhalgh . @NIHRcommunity -this done under an In-Practice fellowship and the excellent MSc in EBHC @CebmOxford Also @medmyths@sfinnikin Sally Higgibottom,@rcgp#overdiagnosis group 2/