Research in Flip Flops

About

Research in Flip Flops aims to compile expert advice and resources to help intensive care trainees navigate both the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM)formal project and the bedside application of critical care research.

The information contained herein is curated and reviewed by critical care specialists and trainees with an interest in research. Whilst we endeavour to provide helpful and peer-reviewed information, we cannot promise to be immune to error and bias.

So that Research in Flip Flops is both practical and relevant to intensive care trainees, we additionally aim to:

Provide open access resources(1). When a referenced article or other resource is behind a paywall (denoted by N), we will make an effort to additionally reference an open-access alternative
Have each section of the website reviewed by a Trainee Reviewer

We hope you find Research in Flip Flops clinically significant(2), and we welcome any feedback and contributions. We apologise whole-heartedly for any research related jokes, which we cannot guarantee are non-inferior to your average joke by an acceptable non-inferiority margin(3,4).

References and Resources

Tennant JP, Waldner F, Jacques DC et al. (2016) The academic, economic and societal impacts of Open Access: an evidence-based review. F1000Research 5:632
Ranganathan P, Pramesh CS, & Buyse M (2015) Common pitfalls in statistical analysis: clinical versus statistical significance. Perspect Clin Res 6(3):169-170
Kaji AH & Lewis RJ (2015) Noninferiority Trials: is a new treatment almost as effective as another. JAMA313(23):2371-2372 (N)
Mauri L & D’Agostino (2017) Challenges in the Design and Interpretation of Noninferiority Trials. NEJM 377: 1357-1367

Section Author

Kerina is an intensive care advanced trainee with an interest in critical care research, research education, and peer support. She enjoys hanging out at the beach and exploring the Gold Coast hinterlands with her family and friends.