From: Sharon Straus <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
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Subject: draft proposal for CARE-COAD#1
Dear Old, New, and Potential members of the Society for the Critical
Appraisal of the Reliability of the Examination (CARE)
1. A draft of the protocol and forms for our first CARE Study, COAD#1
(designed both to test the system and to determine the accuracy of a <2
minute exam in diagnosing chronic obstructive airways disease) has been
placed on
http://cebm.jr2.ox.ac.uk/care/protocol-5oct98.html
2. Please look it over.
3. AND PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ANYBODY ELSE YOU THINK MIGHT BE
INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS STUDY.
4. If you're interested in becoming one of the collaborators on CARE-COAD
#1, please email us ([log in to unmask])any
suggestions for improving the study BY 0700
Greenwich Mean Time Monday October 26th. You should also organise
spirometry right NOW, while waiting for the final protocol.
5. We'll have a revised protocol plus your sign-up forms on line not later
than 29 October. You can join that day and start entering patients at
once.
6. Since this is our first "go" at this enterprise, we'd suggest you aim
for getting your 12 patients entered within 2 weeks (rather than our
eventual target of just one) by 15 November. We'll close the books on 30
November.
7. History teaches us that we can expect some spectacular goofs in this
initial attempt to carry out international net-based research, and we hope
that you (and we!) can maintain our equilibrium and senses of humour as we
live through it together.
We're really looking forward to hearing from you and bringing you on board
as a collaborator in this project.
Sharon Straus
Finlay McAlister
Dave Sackett
Douglas Badenoch
Jon Deeks
Brian MacDonald
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