Ever feel like the teaspoons in your kitchen have legs? You're not alone. Thankfully, scientists have actually investigated this phenomenon. Join the UHCW CEBIS team at Grand Round this week as we dig into one of the quirkiest studies published in the BMJ: "The case of the disappearing teaspoons." This tongue-in-cheek paper stirs up big questions about study design, observational research, and the stealthy migration habits of communal cutlery. Come for the teaspoons, stay for the evidence-based learning!
🗓️ Grand Round
📅 Friday 16th May
🕐 1–2pm
Bring your curiosity... and maybe guard your cutlery.
Want to read the paper in advance of the session? You can download it here:
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Lim MS, Hellard ME, Aitken CK BMJ. 2005;331(7531):1498-1500. doi:10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1498