A collection of other resources to help you improve your critical thinking about health care interventions
Understanding Evidence-Based Healthcare: A Foundation for Action – a free six-part online course developed by Kay Dickersin of the US Cochrane Center and highly-respected patient advocate Musa Mayer, who report that thousands have taken this course.- Media Doctor Australia – pioneering site, first of many comparable international efforts. Currently not publishing due to funding problems.
- Medien Doktor – the German HealthNewsReview – run by our friends Marcus Anhäuser and Holger Wormer.
- NHS Choices Behind the Headlines – British site that touches on news coverage but focuses more on evaluating research upon which news is based.
- Medizin-transparent.at – Austrian site similar to British “Behind the Headlines
- Association of Health Care Journalists
- Statement of Principles for Association of Health Care Journalists
- Disease Mongering info on SourceWatch.org site
- Tipsheet for reporting on drugs, devices and medical technologies
- Cochrane Library
- Therapeutics Initiative/Therapeutics Letter
- Healthy Skepticism
- Testing Treatments
- Know Your Chances: Understanding Health Statistics
