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Centre for Research in Evidence Based Practice (CREBP)

The Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice has been established to support research into Evidence-Based Practice initially based on the NHMRC Australia Fellowship grant awarded to Professor Paul Glasziou. As a leader in Evidence-Based Medicine, Professor Glasziou’s work is to improve health care by developing better communication between clinicians and researchers, and a clearer understanding of the causes of, and solutions to, gaps between research evidence and its application in practice.

The key areas of focus will be to better understand the gaps between research evidence and its application in practice, including areas such as: the applicability of treatments to individuals, the effectiveness of diagnostic and disease monitoring processes, and the cognitive processes underpinning clinicians’ decisions about diagnosis and treatment.

Selected Highlights:

  • 37 peer reviewed research papers, including 2 in BMJ and 2 in PLoS Medicine
  • To improve the reporting of treatments in clinical trials, we have been working with CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) which has now been adopted by over 600 medical journals. As a result of this collaboration, a number of important changes to the CONSORT reporting standards will occur with the next update.
  • Development of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) for reporting the primary results of a systematic review in a journal or conference abstract.
  • We facilitated the GP Update course, an intensive one day course, using a lecture based format interspersed with problem based learning to help participants to get the theory into practice. The course covers recent advances in medical care and is delivered by GPs for practitioners. (NOTE – CREBP is also conducting research evaluations of these courses, including a randomized trial of the impact of action plan reminders on changes to practice).
  • In July 2011 Professor Paul Glasziou was awarded the Bridges-Webb Medal. This award is to recognise Australian Association of Academic General Practice (AAAGP) members who have made and will continue to make international standard teaching and/or research contributions to academic activities in the general practice environment.

Find out more about the Centre for Research in Evidence Based Practice