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Purpose:  Learn the importance of treatment studies (RCTs) in EBM  Understand and interpret methods and results of treatment based studies  Become familiar with critically appraising treatment based studies   Hosts:  Dylan Collins  Levi Johnston Dakoda Herman Jayneel Limbachia Jake Domm   Paper:  Warren, Jaimee, et al. "Antacid Monotherapy Is More Effective in Relieving Epigastric Pain Than in Combination With Lidocaine: A Randomized Double‐blind Clinical Trial." Academic Emergency Medicine 27.9 (2020): 905-909. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/acem.14069    EBM Checklist for therapy studies (University of Oxford: https://www.cebm.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/RCT.pdf    Episode takeaway  RCTs are considered gold standard in terms of evidence since the randomization process controls for both known and unknown confounding variables  Understanding how to quickly and efficiently appraise studies by assessing its methods is an important skill that can help you assess its utility to you