The Sowerby Philosophy & Medicine Project have hosted a range of events over the years exploring topics related to Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), reproducibility and medical epistemology. Check out recordings of some of these below.
“What’s the use of pragmatic trials?” by Nancy Cartwright (Durham)
“What is medicine if not precise?” by Kathryn Tabb (Bard college)
“Making science reproducible: Will this time be different?” by Fiona Fidler (University of Melbourne) and Hilda Bastian (PLOS One and PubMed)
“Cause or correlation: Causal evidence in medicine and law” by Brendan Clarke (UCL)
“Placebo-Controlled Surgical Trials” by David Beard (Oxford)
2018 Sowerby Lecture: “Reflections on why I want what I want from research and researchers - as a patient” by Sir Iain Chalmers
2016 Sowerby Lecture: “Medical Nihilism: Should We Trust Medical Research” by Jacob Stegenga (Cambridge)
“Healthy Suspicion: Causes, Correlations, and Proxy Variables” by Sherrilyn Roush (UCLA)
