Demystifying research as a medical student by Alice Barber Coming into medical school I couldn’t have been less interested in research. I had this preconceived idea that academics were the really clever people who hid away in their labs and offices, never talking to patients. Whereas I wanted to be a doctor who was more interested in relating to patients, helping them and providing them with the best possible care, than in statistics and laboratory science. Little did I know

Why do so many technology projects in healthcare fail? by Professor Trisha Greenhalgh Who remembers a failed technology project in healthcare? I’m guessing all hands went up, since an estimated (though not formally verified) 80 percent of such projects fail. Why? Until recently, the answer was “we don’t know” since research on new technologies was limited to randomised controlled trials which compared a technology-on arm with a technology-off arm. Such studies could answer on