Lesson 9: Increasing your clinical impact

Adhere to these 10 commandments for increased clinical impact:

1. Focus on a clinical problem.

2. Prioritize study design.

3. Think about bias.

4. Write a study protocol and make statistical analysis choices ahead of time.

5. Perform a sample size calculation to the best of your ability.

6. Focus on estimated differences/relationships instead of p-values.

7. Try to convey what relative risk measures mean in terms of absolute risks.

8. Review your stuyd findings in the light of prior evidence.

9. Do not overstate your conclusions.

10. Keep it simple.

Congratulations. You have finished the Foundations Course!
You are well on your way towards becoming a critically-thinking independent clinical researcher. Keep up this trajectory and revisit the material whenever you feel the need.