Misunderstandings, misperceptions, and mistakes

  From  the February 2007 issue of Evidence-Based Medicine: [subscription required]
Straus S, Haynes B, Glasziou P, Dickersin K, Guyatt G. Misunderstandings, misperceptions, and mistakes. Evid Based Med 2007; 12(1):2-a.
Excerpt: Discussions about evidence-based medicine (EBM) have engendered both positive and negative reactions from clinicians, researchers, and policymakers since the term was first coined in the early [...]

Ghost authorship in industry-initiated randomised trials

  Published recently in PLoS Medicine, an Open Access journal. (Note: The authors limited their study to trials approved in 1994-1995. It would be interesting to know what the results would be for such a study of current trials.) 
Commentary: Authors, ghosts, damned lies, and statisticians    More reaction to this article
Gotzsche PC, Hrobjartsson A, Johansen HK, Haahr MT, [...]

Chiropractic and CAM utilization: A descriptive review

 This review was just published online in Chiropractic & Osteopathy. Free full text is available.
Lawrence DJ, Meeker WC. Chiropractic and CAM utilization: A descriptive review. Chiropr Osteopat 2007; 15(1):2.
OBJECTIVE: To conduct a descriptive review of the scientific literature examining use rates of modalities and procedures used by CAM clinicians to manage chronic LBP and other [...]

Assessment in medical education

  This review article and accompanying editorial appear in the January 25 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Free full text is available.
Epstein RM. Assessment in medical education [review]. N Engl J Med 2007; 356(4):387-396.
Excerpt: This article provides a conceptual framework for and a brief update on commonly used and emerging methods of [...]

Jargon generators

 The other day I read about the MWLS Random Business Jargon Generator. Just click on <Generate> and see the strange (but somehow familiar) phrases that appear.
I figured there were probably some other jargon generators out there, so I went looking, and here is what I found.

Jargon-o-Matic (pictured above): This startling innovation puts the power of plausible [...]

Research in medical education: balancing service and science

 From the February 2007 issue of Advances in Health Sciences Education: Theory and Practice:
Albert M, Hodges B, Regehr G. Research in medical education: balancing service and science. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract 2007; 12(1):1573-1677.
Abstract: Since the latter part of the 1990’s, the English-speaking medical education community has been engaged in a debate concerning [...]

Relationship-Centered Care

  The January 2006 issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine contains the proceedings of a conference entitled Re-Forming Relationships in Health Care: Creating A National Research Agenda for Relationship-Centered Care. Here are the issues abstracts; free full text is available. 
From September 29 to October 1, 2004, the Regenstrief Institute, a free-standing research institute of [...]

Nutrition Research and Industry Sponsorship

  The following two articles were published in PLoS Medicine in January, 2007. Free full text is available.
Katan MB. Does industry sponsorship undermine the integrity of nutrition research? PLoS Med 2007; 4(1):e6.
Excerpt: The commercial success of foods depends more and more on what science says about the effects of these foods on health. Drug companies have [...]

How to write a case report for publication

  This helpful article was published in the Summer 2006 issue of the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine. See also Writing for Chiropractic Journals
Green BN, Johnson C. How to write a case report for publication. J Chiropr Med 2006; 5(2):72-82.
Objective: This paper describes how and why to write a case report for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
Methods: PubMed, the Cumulative [...]

Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade

  This article appears in the Fall 2006 issue of the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine. It was originally published in the Journal of Sports Chiropractic & Rehabilitation in 2001, and is reprinted with permission. (JSCR is indexed in the Index to Chiropractic Literature.)
Green BN, Johnson CD, Adams A. Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: [...]