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Plenary Session

1.66 Employing Medical Writers & Frequentist vs Bayesian Methods with Dr. Allen Pannell

Plenary Session

Vinay Prasad, MD MPH

Policy, Medicine, Health, Oncology, Science & Medicine

4.8798 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

This week we open with a critical take on our current system of disseminating scientific research, specifically focusing on the prevalence of -- and dependence on -- medical writers. In the second half of the episode, we interview Dr. Allen Pannell of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee on using a Frequentist approach vs a Bayesian approach in the context of a single clinical trial. Frequentist vs Bayesian: doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024256 Dr. Pannell's breast cancer support group: https://www.breastconnect.org/ Dr. Pannell's research project: http://tinyurl.com/peerErPrHer2 Back us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/plenarysession

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0:00.0

You're listening to Plenary Session.

0:09.4

This week on Plenary Session, I have a couple things for you.

0:12.7

I have an interview with Dr. Allen Panel, and he's going to take us through a single clinical trial that has been interpreted in two ways.

0:20.0

One, a frequentist way, and two,

0:22.4

a Bayesian way. So you can compare and contrast the two methods. And hopefully we're going to have

0:26.5

a little discussion that pushes back on, I think, a lot of the rhetoric in this space and tries

0:30.6

to make it very practical. So I hope you stick around for that, and I hope you find it interesting.

0:39.3

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1:23.0

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1:27.7

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1:41.5

First, I got busy this week, so I don't have time to talk about many topics, but there was one topic that's been lingering that I'm supposed to talk about in the monologue, and I figured, now's your shot.

1:43.0

You're going to hear about it right now.

1:46.7

And that topic is my feelings on medical writers for pivotal randomized control trials that are often published in top-tier

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