introduction: an article with a clear message can transfer research knowledge better. however, this is the case when the message suits the type of  study methodology (research design) and its results. the objective of  this study was to assess the presence of  message articles and the type of  study methodologies. methods: articles published between 2001 and 2006, on maternal care, diabetes, an...

introduction: to compare the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of femtosecond laser versus mechanical microkeratome corneal flap creation in correction of refractive errors. methods: i this review, a comprehensive search of medline, scopus, cochrane, trip database, supplemented by hta and economic databases was performed. we searched for randomized controlled trials (rcts) of femtosecond laser wh...

evidence- based medicine (ebm) aims to bring the best available evidence into clinical practice.  different clinical methods of education such as in-patient rounds, follow up rounds, out-patients rounds, group sessions, grand rounds, lectures, and journal clubs could be held by ebm approach. the current text presents two interrelated case reports; a case report of ebm decision making in an emer...

conclusions surgical treatment for patellar dislocation is indicated primarily in case of relevant concomitant injuries such as osteochondral fractures, and secondarily for recurrent dislocations. evidence acquisition authors searched the medline library for studies on both surgical and conservative treatment for patellar dislocation and patellofemoral instability. additionally, the reference l...

This article analyzes the potential problems of denialism in field health, based on some practical examples, such as case anti-vaccine movement, particularly aggravated by Covid-19 pandemic, and use fake news during pandemic. Brazil, with a parallel between what happened anti-retroviral movement South Africa, appearance scientific method form combat. A fighting action model suggests that Africa...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this article is to present the introduction of a mandatory, vertically integrated course in research methodology into medical curriculum. At the School of Medicine in Split (Croatia) we organized this course in 2010, with the total of 270 hours in the 6-year curriculum. In the first year (50 hours) students learned basic principles of scientific method, structure of scienti...