Online PEDro training
No matter where you live, you can access online training with PEDro. To participate, simply subscribe and login to the training session whenever it is convenient for you. Online training is currently available in English …
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“You Ask #PEDroAnswers” search tip #5 – Use phrase searching
Throughout 2021 we will be sharing some tips on how to use the PEDro Advanced Search. The fifth tip is “Use phrase searching”. Phrase searching is a strategy that combines two or more terms into …
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PEDro scale training program available online
The ability to appraise the quality of randomised controlled trials is an important skill in evidence-based practice. PEDro runs online training for physiotherapists and other health professionals looking to improve their skills in evaluating trials. …
PEDro and DiTA’s Evidence in your inbox helps you keep up-to-date with the latest research
One way of keeping up-to-date with high quality clinical research is to subscribe to an alert service. Randomised controlled trials indicate that, compared to usual information seeking, clinicians who subscribe to an alert service have …
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How to search DiTA tutorial now available
DiTA (Diagnostic Test Accuracy) is a database indexing studies and reviews that evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests used by physiotherapists. We are pleased to announce the release of a video tutorial on how to …
PEDro’s how to videos have 150,000+ views
We are pleased to announce that the PEDro YouTube Channel has reached a new milestone! There have been over 150,000 views of PEDro instructional and promotional videos so far! The PEDro YouTube Channel currently contains …
You can now search and browse DiTA, a database of Diagnostic Test Accuracy in physiotherapy
The PEDro Partnership is very excited to let you know that the search and browse features are now available for DiTA. This database indexes articles evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests used by physiotherapists. DiTA …
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#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – how to use a diagnostic test accuracy paper
Last month we explained the logic of studies of diagnostic test accuracy. Studies of diagnostic test accuracy involve comparing the findings of the index test to a reference test. The degree of concordance of the …
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#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – how to read a diagnostic test accuracy paper
The logic of diagnostic test accuracy studies is simple. In these studies, a sample of people suspected of having a particular condition are assessed with the diagnostic test of interest (called the “index test”). The …
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#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth resource – the dance of the p-values
One of issues that has prompted statisticians and journals to call for the use of significance testing and hypothesis testing to be discontinued is that p-values are not replicable. That is, if you repeat an …
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