Kenneth Monaghan

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How do I decide how many or how little databases to search to be confident that I am not missing important RCT's for a systematic review?

I currently have a number of Postgraduates working on systematic literature reviews and we have reached the 'Search Strategy' stage. Our reviews focus on stroke rehabilitation, treatment of...

09 August 2020 6,546 10 View

How do I get access to all the major databases to carry out a comprehansive Systematic Literature Review?

I am currently working in an Institute of Technology (Ireland) which does not have a medical school and so our library does not subscribe to some of the major medical databases e.g. CINAHL,...

07 August 2020 9,486 6 View

What is PROSPERO - University of York regarding Systematic Literature Reviews?

I have seen for the first time a systematic literature review and meta-analysis that has prospectively registered their review in PROSPERO and I am wondering what is the main reason for creating...

05 August 2020 4,415 4 View

Should clinical rehabilitation focus more on patient education and psychology rather than on physical interventions

Dear Clinical Rehabilitation colleagues, I have just finished Malcolm Gladwell's excellent book 'Outliers' (2011) for probably the 4th time and would like to recommend such a tremendous and...

01 January 1970 9,574 5 View

Should a PhD Graduate feel comfortable calling themselves 'Doctor' outside the research/academic environment?.

I've just finished a brilliant book called 'Art of Thinking Clearly ' by Rolf Dobelli and it introduces the concept of the 'Authority Bias' where when making decisions we carry out irrational...

01 January 1970 8,624 24 View

Why should early stage researchers write a 'Focus Article'.

Robinson and Lowe (2015) doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12393 advise that a literature review (non-systematic review) is 'Not suitable for Journal publication'' and I am interested to hear opinion on the...

01 January 1970 5,514 7 View

Are all researchers susceptible to 'Confirmation Bias'??

I've just finished a brilliant book called 'Art of Thinking Clearly ' by Rolf Dobelli and it introduces the concept of the 'Conformation Bias' where we have a tendency to interpret new information...

01 January 1970 6,121 17 View

Should the majority of clinical rehabilitation take place in the home setting?

I believe that there are a number of areas in which we should discuss how to improve clinical rehabilitation for patients. For example regarding the issue of where the majority of rehabilitation...

01 January 1970 4,684 4 View

What would make a suitable placebo control for a RCT in adult Stammering/Stuttering??

Dear Colleagues, I am currently supervising a pilot RCT to examine the effectiveness and feasibility of a new neuroplastic treatment for stuttering/stammering with my postgraduate (Ms Hilary Mc...

01 January 1970 8,958 1 View

Should the outcome assessor in a case study be independent of the principle investigator.

I can understand the importance of having an outcome assessor independent and blinded of intervention for a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT), but when conducting a Case Study investigating a new...

01 January 1970 2,692 4 View