Centre for Statistics in Medicine Oxford

Reporting guidelines have become an essential instrument of scientific integrity. We need to make the leap from just producing reporting guidelines to helping researchers put them into practice, writes @GSCollins bmj.com/content/389/bm…

See also this opinion piece by me published alongside CONSORT-2025 on the challenges of adhering to reporting guidelines, and making a plea for innovative solutions to improve the completeness of reporting in healthcare research. —> bmj.com/content/389/bm…

David Moher and Ken Schulz have also published this opinion piece on the evolution of CONSORT, and legacy of the late Doug Altman and his role in CONSORT. —> bmj.com/content/389/bm…

NEW PAPER in @bmj_latest "Dealing with continuous variables and modelling non-linear associations in healthcare data: practical guide" --> bmj.com/content/390/bm… #methodologymatters

NEW PREPRINT "Critical Appraisal of Fairness Metrics in Clinical Predictive AI" -> arxiv.org/abs/2506.17035 We identified 62 fairness metrics (& growing) - unsurprisingly it's all a bit of a mess...with most metrics not fit for purpose #predictiveAI #fairness #machinelearning

NEW Viewpoint: Importance of sample size on the quality and utility of #AI-based prediction models for healthcare. Read it here: thelancet.com/journals/landi…

**New Lancet DH paper "Importance of sample size on the quality & utility of AI-based prediction models for healthcare" - for broad audience - why inadequate SS harms model training, evaluation & performance - pushback to claims SS irrelevant to #AI 👇 tinyurl.com/yrje52fn

Maternal early warning scores shown to be methodologically weak and at high risk of bias sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Filling up but places still available @ndorms @CSMOxford CSM RCT course 2025 👇. Looking forward to a great week with @gsmaclennan, Sally Hopewell and Ines Rombach amongst others.

NEW PAPER: Updated SPIRIT-2025 for reporting protocols of randomised trials is now available in the @bmj_latest @JAMA_current @TheLancet @NatureMedicine @PLOSMedicine —> bmj.com/content/389/bm… #openscience #transparency #medX #statsX #epiX

The update of the CONSORT statement has now been published. Kenneth F Schulz and David Moher look back at the history of the CONSORT guidelines and Douglas Altman’s instrumental role in them bmj.com/content/389/bm…

Authors, editors, reviewers, and other potential users should use CONSORT 2025 when writing and evaluating manuscripts of randomized trials to ensure that trial reports are clear and transparent. Learn more in this Special Communication. ja.ma/4ilAvEx

Well designed and properly executed randomised trials are considered the most reliable evidence on the benefits of healthcare interventions. This update to the CONSORT guidelines includes new changes to the checklist bmj.com/content/389/bm…

The CONSORT statement has been updated to reflect recent methodological advancements and user feedback. This article describes the rationale for each checklist item and provides published examples of good reporting bmj.com/content/389/bm…

And this editorial by Evan Mayo-Wilson —> bmj.com/content/389/bm…

We have also published a new Explanation and Elaboration paper in @bmj_latest providing updated guidance and examples for reporting randomised trials. —> bmj.com/content/389/bm… The CONSORT-SPIRIT website has also been updated —> consort-spirit.org

—> tinyurl.com/28j8r366 (Lancet) —> tinyurl.com/kkj9evzp (JAMA) —> tinyurl.com/yck9jt88 (Nature Medicine) —> tinyurl.com/48du7ccc (PLoS Medicine)

NEW PAPER: Updated CONSORT-2025 for reporting randomised trials is now available in the @bmj_latest @JAMA_current @TheLancet @NatureMedicine @PLOSMedicine —> bmj.com/content/389/bm… #OpenScience #OpenAccess #transparency #medX #statsX #epiX