Medical Education
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 screening strategies to permit the safe reopening of college campuses in the US
3 Aug, 2020 | 00:40h | UTCCommentaries: Researchers offer ways to promote safety when reopening colleges – CIDRAP AND New Study: College Students Who Get Tested Every Two Days Can Return To Campus Safely – Forbes
CHEST Supplement: an overview of study design and statistical considerations
15 Jul, 2020 | 08:18h | UTCHomepage: An Overview of Study Design and Statistical Considerations – CHEST
- Introduction
- Statistical Analysis and Reporting Guidelines for CHEST
- Sample Size Estimation in Clinical Research: From Randomized Controlled Trials to Observational Studies
- Using Causal Diagrams to Improve the Design and Interpretation of Medical Research
- A Framework for the Evaluation of Statistical Prediction Models
- A Practical Overview and Reporting Strategies for Statistical Analysis of Survival Studies
- Considerations for Reporting and Reviewing Studies Including Health-Related Quality of Life
- A Practical Overview of Case-Control Studies in Clinical Practice
- Cross-Sectional Studies: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Recommendations
- Cohort Studies: Design, Analysis, and Reporting
- Randomized Controlled Trials
- Economic Evaluation Studies
- Meta-Analysis
- Studies of Medical Tests: Design and Analytical Considerations
- A Bioinformatics Crash Course for Interpreting Genomics Data
How to Safely Reopen Colleges and Universities During COVID-19: Experiences from Taiwan
6 Jul, 2020 | 08:48h | UTCEditorial: Reopening Colleges and Universities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Video: Keeping up with Medical Literature and Being a Better Reader
29 Jun, 2020 | 09:01h | UTCKeeping up with medical literature and being a better reader, by Vinay Prasad, MD MPH
[Abstract Only] Effect on Patient Safety of a Resident Physician Schedule without 24-Hour Shifts
25 Jun, 2020 | 08:09h | UTCCommentary: Shorter Resident Work Shifts Unexpectedly Associated with More Medical Errors – NEJM Journal Watch
[Abstract Only] Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results from the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial
21 Jun, 2020 | 23:26h | UTC
Related Commentary on Twitter
On using twitter to spread science:
RCT of 112 papers randomly chosen to be shared on twitter by a group of surgeons w ~58K followers (or to not be shared). Papers that were tweeted had 4x more citations a year later. NB @EndoSurgSF @jackhttps://t.co/6toVbAcCq4 pic.twitter.com/UJraiK9zkP
— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) June 15, 2020
Huge Open-access Journal Deal Inked by University of California and Springer Nature
18 Jun, 2020 | 08:51h | UTCHuge open-access journal deal inked by University of California and Springer Nature – Science
Related: UC Terminates Subscriptions with World’s Largest Scientific Publisher in Push for Open Access (several resources on the subject)
Will the Pandemic Permanently Alter Scientific Publishing?
4 Jun, 2020 | 05:01h | UTCWill the pandemic permanently alter scientific publishing? – Nature
How Scientific Conferences Will Survive the Coronavirus Shock
4 Jun, 2020 | 04:59h | UTCHow scientific conferences will survive the coronavirus shock – Nature
Universities Will Never Be the Same After the Coronavirus Crisis
2 Jun, 2020 | 05:00h | UTCUniversities will never be the same after the coronavirus crisis – Nature
Twitter-based Learning for Continuing Medical Education? A New Perspective for a Paradigm Shift in Medical Education, Accelerated by COVID-19
28 Apr, 2020 | 04:28h | UTCRelated: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research (texts on the subject)
Podcast: How to Create an Online Curriculum for Medical Education
3 Apr, 2020 | 03:55h | UTCSee also: Episode List
Alex Nowbar’s journal reviews—28 February 2020
1 Mar, 2020 | 19:38h | UTCAlex Nowbar’s journal reviews, 28 February 2020 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Alex Nowbar reviews the latest research from the top medical journals.
Related Commentary on Twitter
Turns out there is news that isn’t covid-19! New HIV approach, stuff about plasma exchange in ANCA vasculitis and the polygenic score drama Alex Nowbar's journal reviews—28 February 2020 – https://t.co/tkqiPMny5u
— Alex Nowbar (@AlexNowbar) February 29, 2020
Opinion: The Inevitable Reimagining of Medical Education
28 Feb, 2020 | 08:30h | UTCThe Inevitable Reimagining of Medical Education – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Author Interview: The Inevitable Reimagining of Medical Education (free audio)
Study: Textbooks Used to Train Physicians Lack of Conflict of Interest Transparency
24 Jan, 2020 | 08:13h | UTCTextbooks Used to Train Physicians Lack of Conflict of Interest Transparency – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Original Study: A Quantitative and Narrative Evaluation of Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics – Pharmacy (free)
Related: Authors of premier medical textbook didn’t disclose $11 million in industry payments (free commentary) AND Study: Undisclosed Financial Ties Between Guideline Writers and Pharmaceutical Companies (several resources on the subject)
Randomized Trial: Effect of Teaching Bayesian Methods Using Learning by Concept vs Learning by Example on Medical Students’ Ability to Estimate Probability of a Diagnosis
6 Jan, 2020 | 23:15h | UTCInvited Commentary: The Pursuit of Diagnostic Excellence – JAMA Network Open (free)
See also: Concept Teaching Video (free)
Educational Review – Chest Imaging Using Signs, Symbols, and Naturalistic Images: A Practical Guide for Radiologists and Non-radiologists
6 Dec, 2019 | 08:42h | UTC
150 years of Nature – A Century and a Half of Research and Discovery
7 Nov, 2019 | 08:08h | UTC150 years of Nature – A Century and a Half of Research and Discovery (free resources)
Video (interesting): A network of science: 150 years of Nature papers (free)
Systematic Review: Evaluation of E-learning for Medical Education in Low- and Middle-income Countries
15 Oct, 2019 | 10:13h | UTC
Perspective: Medical Education—The Tyranny of Guidelines and the Single Best Answer
8 Oct, 2019 | 09:29h | UTCLiyang Pan: Medical education—the tyranny of guidelines and the single best answer – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for Continuing Medical Education – Why and How?
30 Sep, 2019 | 00:08h | UTC
2019 Ig Nobels Award Study That Found Surgeons Are Trained Better When Treated Like Dogs
17 Sep, 2019 | 01:04h | UTCSee also: Training surgeons like dogs, icky money win 2019 Ig Nobels – Associated Press (free)
2018 Ig Nobel Awards: Ig Nobel Win for Kidney Stone Removing Roller-coaster (free commentaries)
Source: Training surgeons with clickers and warm scrotum studies win Ig Nobel awards – The BMJ ($)
“The Ig Nobel Prizes honor achievements that make people LAUGH, and then THINK. The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology.” (from About the Ig Nobel Prizes, in Improbable Research)
Perspective: Medical Education Needs to Stop Burning out Students — Now
30 Aug, 2019 | 08:46h | UTCMedical education needs to stop burning out students — now – STAT (free)
Related: Meta-analysis: The Global Prevalence of Anxiety Among Medical Students (free studies)
Meta-analysis: The Global Prevalence of Anxiety Among Medical Students
18 Aug, 2019 | 22:04h | UTCRelated: Medical student wellbeing – a consensus statement from Australia and New Zealand – BMC Medical Education (free) AND Prevalence of Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation Among Medical Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis – JAMA (free)
Systematic Review: Resident Physicians are at Increased Risk for Dangerous Driving After Extended-duration Work Shifts
16 Aug, 2019 | 08:02h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club