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meta-funnel-plot

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Create a funnel plot from meta-analysis data in a CSV file and assess possible publication bias with Egger’s regression and Begg’s rank correlation tests. The workflow checks required columns and study count, then produces a plot and test results.

  • Checking possible publication bias in a meta-analysis
  • Creating a funnel plot from study-level CSV data
  • Reviewing Egger and Begg test results
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Draft inclusion and exclusion criteria for a systematic review or meta-analysis from a title or keywords. The skill organizes eligibility around PICO—population, intervention, comparator, and outcomes—plus study design, and checks that exclusion rules do not contradict the inclusion criteria.

  • Drafting eligibility criteria from a review title
  • Turning review keywords into PICO-based criteria
  • Checking exclusion rules against inclusion criteria
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Run leave-one-out sensitivity analysis for a meta-analysis from a CSV file. Recalculate the pooled effect after removing each study in turn, then produce a forest plot and a data table to help assess how individual studies affect the overall result.

  • Checking whether one study strongly affects a meta-analysis result
  • Creating a leave-one-out forest plot from study data
  • Exporting sensitivity results as a CSV table
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

meta-baujat-plot

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Create a Baujat plot from meta-analysis data to show how individual studies contribute to the pooled result and statistical heterogeneity. The skill exports a PNG plot and a CSV of study contributions, helping locate studies for further review.

  • Visualizing study contributions in a meta-analysis
  • Finding studies that contribute strongly to heterogeneity
  • Reviewing potential outlier studies
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Assess bias and applicability in clinical diagnostic accuracy studies with QUADAS-2. Review patient selection, the index test, reference standard, and study flow, supporting each judgment with a paper quotation and marking missing information as unclear.

  • Assessing a diagnostic accuracy paper with QUADAS-2
  • Reviewing risk of bias across the four study domains
  • Checking whether a study applies to a target setting
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

meta-rob-plot

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Turn a CSV of study-level ROB2 assessments into two PNG figures: a Traffic Light Plot showing each study across assessment domains, and a Summary Bar Plot showing the risk distribution by domain. The input must contain the documented study and rating columns.

  • Visualizing ROB2 assessments across studies
  • Preparing figures for a systematic review
  • Summarizing risk ratings by assessment domain
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Assess whether a proposed topic may support a new meta-analysis by searching PubMed for clinical trials and existing meta-analyses. The workflow compares available studies with prior reviews to identify whether newer evidence may make an update viable.

  • Checking a proposed topic before starting a meta-analysis
  • Finding whether prior meta-analyses already cover a question
  • Assessing whether newer clinical trials may support an update
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Create a meta-analysis forest plot for binary outcomes using a CSV of study names, event counts, and group sample sizes. The skill outputs a PNG plot and CSV table, with a combined effect estimate and heterogeneity information when the analysis succeeds.

  • Plotting pooled results for binary outcomes across studies
  • Creating a forest plot from event counts and sample sizes
  • Exporting meta-analysis results as PNG and CSV
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Assess the quality and potential bias of a case-control medical study using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS). Review selection, comparability, and exposure criteria, explain judgments with evidence from the paper, and organize the results into a structured summary table.

  • Assessing bias in a case-control study
  • Evaluating the quality of a medical paper
  • Summarizing NOS ratings in a table
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Create a forest plot for a survival-data meta-analysis from a CSV of study names, hazard ratios, and 95% confidence intervals. The workflow supports R and Python scripts and produces a PNG plot and a CSV data table, with pooled estimates and heterogeneity statistics when available.

  • Visualizing survival meta-analysis results
  • Generating a forest plot from study hazard ratios
  • Exporting the plot and analysis table for a report
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

meta-analysis

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Combine results from multiple studies by calculating pooled effect sizes, such as odds ratios or mean differences. Assess variation between studies and possible publication bias, then produce forest and funnel plots to help summarize and inspect the evidence.

  • Pooling effect sizes across clinical studies
  • Comparing study results with a forest plot
  • Assessing heterogeneity with I-squared
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Screen a paper’s full text against inclusion and exclusion criteria for a meta-analysis, then return a structured Include or Exclude decision with a standard reason. If a PMID is supplied, PubMed title and abstract metadata can also be checked.

  • Screening a full-text paper for a meta-analysis
  • Applying PICO-based inclusion and exclusion criteria
  • Checking PubMed metadata when a PMID is available
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Screen papers by comparing their titles and abstracts with your inclusion and exclusion criteria. Get a consistent Yes, No, or Maybe decision with a reason, ready to review when filtering studies for a systematic review or meta-analysis.

  • Screening search results for a systematic review
  • Filtering studies before a meta-analysis
  • Applying inclusion and exclusion criteria consistently
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Extracts population, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcomes, and study design (PI(E)COS) from a clinical study or meta-analysis title, then returns the fields in a consistent JSON structure.

  • Extracting PI(E)COS elements from a clinical study title
  • Structuring the key elements of a meta-analysis title
  • Preparing title-based information for a research workflow
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Prepares applicants for residency Match interviews with behavioral, clinical, ethical, and program-specific questions. It can suggest a STAR-style response structure, key points, and common pitfalls, with questions tailored to a specialty and the applicant’s experience when provided.

  • Practicing behavioral interview answers
  • Preparing for clinical scenario questions
  • Rehearsing ethical interview questions
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Generate USMLE Step 1 or Step 2 CK-style clinical cases for study and exam practice. Cases can include patient history, examination findings, tests, a single-best-answer question, answer choices, explanations, and learning objectives in text, JSON, or Markdown.

  • Practicing Step 1 questions on basic science topics
  • Studying diagnosis and management with Step 2 cases
  • Generating cases focused on a specific condition
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Plan and carry out a systematic review using PRISMA 2020, a reporting guideline for evidence reviews. Organize database searches, study screening, data extraction, quality assessment, meta-analysis, and final review reporting.

  • Planning a systematic review or meta-analysis
  • Searching and screening studies across databases
  • Extracting study details and assessing bias
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Checks Mendelian randomization results for horizontal pleiotropy, where genetic instruments affect outcomes through other pathways. It applies MR-PRESSO, MR-Egger, and Steiger filtering to examine outliers, directional bias, and causal direction, then supports sensitivity analysis and reporting.

  • Checking MR findings for horizontal pleiotropy
  • Testing whether genetic instruments have directional bias
  • Filtering variants with uncertain causal direction
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Create an academic review of a molecule’s role in a specified disease using PubMed literature. The workflow translates the disease and molecule names into English, searches iteratively, and formats citations in Vancouver style, with sequential numbering matched to the reference list.

  • Reviewing a molecule’s role in a disease
  • Preparing a biomedical literature review from PubMed
  • Formatting references in Vancouver style
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Drafts clear, patient-friendly clinical trial recruitment ads from study details. It organizes eligibility, procedures, risks, rights, and contact information while avoiding guaranteed benefits, pressure tactics, and misleading claims.

  • Drafting an ad for a clinical trial
  • Explaining eligibility and study visits in plain language
  • Preparing recruitment copy for print, digital, or social media
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Parse protein structure files in PDB or mmCIF format with Bio.PDB, inspect chains and residues, calculate geometric measurements, find nearby atoms or residues, and extract or superimpose structures for comparison.

  • Reading PDB or mmCIF structure files
  • Measuring distances, angles, or dihedrals
  • Finding residues near a selected atom
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Extract ten baseline characteristics from a clinical trial article. Given a PMID, the workflow checks PubMed for basic metadata; when that is incomplete or unavailable, it uses the supplied full text to produce structured JSON and marks unreported fields as null or empty.

  • Extracting baseline details from a clinical trial article
  • Organizing study and participant information from full text
  • Checking a PMID and completing missing details from article text
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

Turn a scientific hypothesis into a Chinese application for the NSFC General Program, using its 2026 template. The workflow searches PubMed for real references, drafts the specified sections, and exports the result as Markdown and Word documents.

  • Drafting an NSFC General Program application from a hypothesis
  • Finding real PubMed references for a grant proposal
  • Preparing a Chinese application in the 2026 template
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026

biopython-phylo

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Read and write phylogenetic trees with Bio.Phylo, convert common tree formats, prune taxa, reroot by an outgroup, calculate distances and basic statistics, and create terminal or Matplotlib visualizations for analysis and figures.

  • Converting Newick, NEXUS, and phyloXML tree files
  • Pruning taxa or rerooting a tree at an outgroup
  • Calculating pairwise distances and branch length summaries
aipoch/medical-research-skills2KUpdated Sep 17, 2026