Topics that follow a typical Canadian graduate course in health research methods. Each topic brings together the podcast conversations on that subject, with key learnings and resources for every episode. Pick a topic to start listening.
How different research traditions understand knowledge, and why it shapes every study.
Turning curiosity and clinical observations into focused, answerable questions.
Searching efficiently and judging which studies deserve your trust.
Systematic reviews, meta analysis and rating the certainty of evidence.
Mapping your assumptions and planning an analysis you can trust.
Describing who is affected, where and when, so resources reach those in need.
Cohorts, case control studies and the power of routinely collected data.
Designing trials that answer the right question for the right people.
Getting closer to cause when a randomized trial is not possible.
How to compare two groups with numbers, and how to tell whether a test or prediction works.
Building and validating models that predict who is at risk.
Understanding experience, meaning and context through qualitative methods.
Doing research that is ethical, inclusive and accountable to communities.
Moving evidence into practice and sharing science with the public.
Finding mentors, building networks and shaping a research career.
Ideas from outside health research, or from very different paradigms, that open new directions for your work.