If an accident happened one day and we could only stay in bed, unable to go anywhere, how would our lives go on? Life Bedridden with Disability I saw a patient with a high-level spinal cord injury on a home visit this month. Since an accident at 27, he can only move above the shoulders. Turning over, eating, bathing, and going to the toilet all require help from others. His life has become permanently tethered to his bed. ...

Prof. Edwin Chan is the Director of Cochrane Singapore. He’s considered a master of EBM and systematic reviews in Asia, with extensive academic experience. We were honored and lucky to have Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital invite him to hold a one-day workshop for us on December 5, 2018. To see a master like him, I rushed back to Hualien from Dalin, Chiayi, even if it meant taking the night train (it’s a long journey!). Over the next few posts, I’ll share a few key takeaways that left a deep impression on me. ...

After talking about setting a precise question (PICO), let’s look at the search results! We know that sometimes we see a situation where the results give us two thousand papers. That’s definitely overwhelming, making you doubt whether your keywords weren’t good enough, and so on. But, did you think you could just clap your hands in satisfaction when there are only 5 results!? (Well, obviously yes when you’re rushing to finish a report xD) ...