Want to enhance medical education? Use spaced repetition.

We’ve all heard it said that learning medicine is like drinking from a firehose. Yet many students and schools don’t use one of the most effective study techniques available to them. Spaced repetition is a powerful, evidence-based study technique that can enhance learning and long-term retention of medical knowledge. Medical students and schools could both benefit from understanding and using spaced repetition to produce more knowledgeable and better-informed doctors.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/06/want-to-enhance-medical-education-use-spaced-repetition.html

The top 10 lies of doctors

The top 10 lies of doctors
Starla Fitch, MD| Physician

 

I’ve been a doctor for more than 20 years, and I hate to break it to you, but it’s time I came clean: We lie.

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/05/the-top-10-lies-of-doctors.html

 

Six proposals for EBM’s future

BMJ Blogs: BMJ Clinical Evidence Blog​ : Six proposals for EBM’s future

          

by Paul Glasziou Gordon Guyatt coined the term ‘Evidence-based Medicine’ (EBM) over 20 years ago, and it has had a remarkable global influence.

 

http://blogs.bmj.com/ce/2015/03/27/six-proposals-for-ebms-future/

Evidence-Based Medicine and the Newly Trained Physician

 

 Evidence-Based Medicine and the Newly Trained Physician: A Relationship in the Works

 

Despite evidence-based medicine's role as an incredible advancement in the history of medical care and patient management, there remains many challenges that young clinicians must face when attempting to implement EBM into their respective practices.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-secemsky/evidencebased-medicine-and-the-newly-trained-physician_b_7309544.html?ir=Healthy+Living

 

The danger to online health seekers

According to the Pew Internet Project, 72 percent of US internet users look up health-related information online. But an astonishing number of the pages we visit to learn about private health concerns—confidentially, we assume—are tracking our queries, sending the sensitive data to third party corporations, even shipping the information directly to the same brokers who monitor our credit scores. It’s happening for profit, for an “improved user experience,” and because developers have flocked to “free” plugins and tools provided by data-vacuuming companies.

http://worldofdtcmarketing.com/the-danger-to-online-health-seekers/focus-on-patients/attachment/inter-1/

 

Are Physicians Really Technology Averse?

Are Physicians Really Technology Averse?
From technologyadvice.com                            

The stereotype of the technology resistant physician has become all too common. We examine if it's true, with some surprising discoveries.

http://technologyadvice.com/medical/blog/are-physicians-technology-averse/

The top 10 edtech products preferred by students and teachers

Here’s a pop quiz for you. What do you get when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gets involved in the world of education technology? Well, a handy list of resources for starters. They recently unveiled a site called ‘Teachers Know Best‘ which features the results of a survey of teachers and students. They tried to identify the top 10 edtech products preferred by students and teachers. As you can see from the image below, there are some of the usual suspects (Khan Academy, Google Search, Edmodo) but the order of preference might actually surprise you. Or maybe not, really.

http://dailygenius.com/top-10-edtech-products-students-teachers/