Tutor information
Jonathan Livingstone-Banks
Jonathan Livingstone-Banks is a lecturer & senior researcher in Evidence-Based Healthcare at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.
His research is primarily in the field of tobacco control, where he mostly conducts evidence syntheses. He is also interested in methodological research in this area.
He was managing editor and information specialist for the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group (CTAG), and he is still involved in many Cochrane Reviews on tobacco control topics.
He is also a philosopher interested in the philosophy of evidence-based healthcare; in particular the value and methods of evidence synthesis, and how we define and classify diseases and how this impacts on healthcare practice and medical research.
Courses
Developing a strategy for practice change and disseminating evidence in a health care setting.
Critical thinking about the assumptions of the health care profession, and learning about the empirical foundations of science
This fully online course is designed for educators interested in providing flexible learning opportunities, specifically for health care professionals in a virtual environment.