In the media: Dr. Merrick Zwarenstein’s tool "Precis-2" referenced in New York Times

Dr. Merrick Zwarenstein’s article The PRECIS-2 tool: designing trials that are fit for purpose was referenced in Aaron E. Carroll’s New York Times article What if a Study showed Opioids Weren’t Usually needed? Pragmatic trials’ differ from most research studies by focusing on effects in the real world.

Loudon K, Treweek S, Sullivan F, Donnan P, Thorpe KE, Zwarenstein M. The PRECIS-2 tool: designing trials that are fit for purpose. BMJ, 2015 May 8; 350: h2147.