A retrospective study into the levels of evidence presented at the Combined Services Orthopaedic Society annual meeting.

The role of Evidence Based Medicine in clinical care is to provide a framework for the integration of expertise, current evidence and the needs of the individual patient. Research presented at scientific meetings is an important source of such evidence, informing clinical decision making both on military operations and in home nation health care systems. The aim of this study is to review the levels of evidence presented at the Combined Services Orthopaedic Society (CSOS) and two other related scientific meetings. Bonner TJ, Mountain A, Eardley WG, Clasper JC. J R Army Med Corps. 2011 Sep;157(3):233-6. PMID: 21977713