#virtual mentor

[thetruth-one]

Ashish Kushwaha is selected as Virtual Mentor for Fight Corona Ideathon

Ashish Kushwaha, CEO, G Systems has been selected as Virtual Mentor for Fight Corona Ideathon. This is two days online Ideathon which is organized by… Read More

[karebearmd]

Evidenced Based Medicine

Not the most sexy topic but so important and it's been popping up in my mind these days (especially with this morning's small group on how a study published in a high impact journal can still be poorly conducted and have essentially worthless results)... so fortuitous for Virtual Mentor (online ethics journal run by medical students and residents) to come out with an evidence based medicine (EBM) themed edition!

It talks about very relevant issues like: how EBM should be communicated to patients since they're involved in the decision making and the reality that patient misunderstanding of EBM can be harmful to their health! It's going to be interesting learning about “Why Most Published Research Findings are False,” one of the most cited articles in the history of the journal PLoS Medicine. There's even an article on how "evidence" has been viewed by philosophers throughout history...

I like this analogy a lot:

Evidence-based medicine can be thought of like...a potent drug with possible adverse effects. The effect of an “evidence-based” approach to medicine depends upon accurate and appropriate integration of research evidence into patient care. Using EBM requires precision, attention, and humility.