Medical Education
Randomized controled trial: mindfulness training to increase resilience to stress in university students
3 Apr, 2018 | 18:01h | UTCCommentaries: Mindfulness training in higher education students – The Lancet (free) AND Mindfulness may help university students reduce stress – The Mental Elf (free)
Perspective: how social media is disrupting medical education
3 Apr, 2018 | 16:04h | UTCWhat’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education – National Post (free)
ACP introduces updated High Value Care Curriculum for educators and residents
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:33h | UTCNewly Revised: Curriculum for Educators and Residents (Version 4.0) – American College of Physicians (free)
News release: ACP introduces updated High Value Care Curriculum for educators and residents – ACP Internist (free)
“The High Value Care Curriculum (HVC) was jointly developed by ACP and the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine (AAIM) to train physicians to be good stewards of limited health care resources”.
Education Outcomes in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal Medicine
23 Mar, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCCommentaries: Limiting shifts for medical trainees affects satisfaction, but not educational outcomes – MedicalXpress (free) AND Controversial Duty-Hours Trial Finds Difference in Intern Education – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND Limiting hours of resident shifts improves satisfaction—but not educational outcomes – Clinical Inovation + Technology (free)
The History of Medical Education in Europe and the United States, With Respect to Time and Proficiency
16 Mar, 2018 | 01:14h | UTC
Graduate students need more mental health support
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:16h | UTCGraduate students need more mental health support, new study highlights – Science (free) AND Mental Health Crisis for Grad Students – Inside Higher Ed (free) AND Depression, anxiety high in graduate students, survey shows – University of Texas Health Science Center, via ScienceDaily (free)
Randomized controled trial: Opioid vs Nonopioid Medications in Patients With Chronic Back Pain or Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis Pain
8 Mar, 2018 | 22:06h | UTCEffect of Opioid vs Nonopioid Medications on Pain-Related Function in Patients With Chronic Back Pain or Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis Pain: The SPACE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Opioids Don’t Beat Other Medications For Chronic Pain – NPR (free) AND More Data Opioids No Better for Chronic Back, Arthritis Pain – Medscape (free registration required) AND Opioids no better than NSAIDs for chronic back or arthritis pain – Reuters (free)
Related: Opioid Wisely – Choosing Wisely Canada (free) AND Guideline for opioid therapy and chronic noncancer pain – Canadian Medical Association Journal (free)
Position Statement: Hidden Curricula, Ethics, and Professionalism: Optimizing Clinical Learning Environments in Becoming and Being a Physician
2 Mar, 2018 | 01:12h | UTCMedical Education: Hidden Curricula, Ethics, and Professionalism: Optimizing Clinical Learning Environments in Becoming and Being a Physician: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians – Annals of Internal Medicine (free)
News Release: ACP calls on medicine to optimize learning environments by aligning positive ’hidden’ curriculum with formal curriculum of medical education (free)
An Overview of Meta-analysis for Clinicians
1 Mar, 2018 | 22:11h | UTCAn overview of meta-analysis for clinicians – Korean Journal of Internal Medicine (free)
Position paper – The future of CME: the roles of medical professional societies and the health care industry
1 Mar, 2018 | 22:06h | UTC
Graphic Medicine and Health Care Ethics
15 Feb, 2018 | 11:11h | UTCNew Issue: Graphic Medicine and Health Care Ethics – AMA Journal of Ethics (free articles and commentaries)
Systematic Review: Is e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals?
9 Feb, 2018 | 11:38h | UTCIs e-learning more effective than traditional learning for health professionals? – Cochrane Library (free)
E-learning for health professionals – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Medical Education: Bringing Medicine Back to the Bedside
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:35h | UTCBringing medicine back to the bedside – ACP Internist (free)
Viewpoint: Does Medicine Overemphasize IQ?
4 Feb, 2018 | 18:30h | UTCDoes Medicine Overemphasize IQ? – JAMA (free for a period)
Systematic Review: E-learning for Health Professionals
30 Jan, 2018 | 19:17h | UTCE-learning for health professionals – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Harnessing the Power of Technology in Medical Education
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:15h | UTCHarnessing the power of technology in medical education – OUPblog (free)
Young Doctors Struggle to Learn Robotic Surgery
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:45h | UTCYoung doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows – STAT (free)
Richard Lehman’s journal reviews – 8 January 2018
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:23h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal reviews, 8 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 2 January 2018
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:32h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 2 January 2018 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Headline vs. study: The unbearable heaviness of false hope
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:39h | UTCHeadline vs. study: The unbearable heaviness of false hope – HealthNews Review (free)
Ten Criteria for Reviewing a News Article on Health
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:38h | UTCOur Review Criteria – HealthNewsReview (free)
“Such a great list! Ten Criteria for Reviewing a News Article on Health. Cost, harms, quality of evidence, disease-mongering, conflict of interest, etc.” (RT @CaulfieldTim see Tweet)
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 4 December 2017
5 Dec, 2017 | 18:38h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 4 December 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 27 November 2017
29 Nov, 2017 | 16:47h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 27 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 20 November 2017
25 Nov, 2017 | 22:34h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 20 November 2017 – The BMJ (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.
Richard Lehman’s journal review, 13 November 2017
20 Nov, 2017 | 14:12h | UTCRichard Lehman’s journal review, 13 November 2017 – The BMJ Opinion (free)
Richard Lehman reviews the latest research in the top medical journals.