2019 Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Review Course Online-Sports Medicine Research

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The video is presented by Bruce Miller, a sports medicine surgeon at the University of Michigan. He discusses his approach to evaluating medical literature in a scientific way. He emphasizes the importance of being able to discern the statistical and clinical significance of research findings. Miller covers topics such as determining the clinical relevance of an intervention, evaluating the applicability and external validity of studies, understanding the importance of control groups, and knowing the outcome measures in the literature. He also explains the concepts of power, type 1 and type 2 errors, sensitivity and specificity, relative risk and odds ratios, as well as descriptive statistics and statistical tests. Miller provides examples and practical tips for understanding and applying these principles. The video concludes with Miller recommending additional resources for further reading on statistics in the orthopedic literature. No credits are mentioned.

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Bruce S. Miller, MD, MS

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Author Bruce S. Miller, MD, MS

Date August 11, 2019

Title Sports Medicine Research

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Bruce Miller

evaluating medical literature

clinical relevance

control groups

outcome measures

statistical tests

orthopedic literature

statistics