
An early 'clinical trial' as a teaching exercise: the Book of Daniel 1.1-15 (1.1-20).
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Ostbye, T; Rochon, J
Published in: Med Educ
January 1993
This article discusses a very early clinical trial from the Old Testament. One of Daniel's and his companions' tribulations in Babylonia is explicated within the framework of the modern clinical trial. Even if many, or maybe even most, guidelines for good clinical trial practice are violated (it can even be argued that this is not really a clinical trial), a discussion of this biblico-historical episode in, for example, a problem-based course in (clinical) epidemiology or a course in the critical appraisal of the literature, can be a useful (and possibly entertaining) exercise.
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Med Educ
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0308-0110
Publication Date
January 1993
Volume
27
Issue
1
Start / End Page
97 / 101
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Teaching
- Medical Informatics
- Education, Medical, Graduate
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Bible
- 3904 Specialist studies in education
- 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
- 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- 13 Education
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences
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Ostbye, T., & Rochon, J. (1993). An early 'clinical trial' as a teaching exercise: the Book of Daniel 1.1-15 (1.1-20). Med Educ, 27(1), 97–101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1993.tb00236.x
Ostbye, T., and J. Rochon. “An early 'clinical trial' as a teaching exercise: the Book of Daniel 1.1-15 (1.1-20).” Med Educ 27, no. 1 (January 1993): 97–101. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1993.tb00236.x.
Ostbye T, Rochon J. An early 'clinical trial' as a teaching exercise: the Book of Daniel 1.1-15 (1.1-20). Med Educ. 1993 Jan;27(1):97–101.
Ostbye, T., and J. Rochon. “An early 'clinical trial' as a teaching exercise: the Book of Daniel 1.1-15 (1.1-20).” Med Educ, vol. 27, no. 1, Jan. 1993, pp. 97–101. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1993.tb00236.x.
Ostbye T, Rochon J. An early 'clinical trial' as a teaching exercise: the Book of Daniel 1.1-15 (1.1-20). Med Educ. 1993 Jan;27(1):97–101.

Published In
Med Educ
DOI
ISSN
0308-0110
Publication Date
January 1993
Volume
27
Issue
1
Start / End Page
97 / 101
Location
England
Related Subject Headings
- Teaching
- Medical Informatics
- Education, Medical, Graduate
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Bible
- 3904 Specialist studies in education
- 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy
- 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
- 13 Education
- 11 Medical and Health Sciences