Knowledge Translation in Emergency Medicine: proceedings of a concensus conference

  The November 2007 issue of Academic Emergency Medicine is a theme issue on knowledge translation in emergency medicine. The issue includes the presentations from the May 2007 conference entitled Knowledge Translation in Emergency Medicine: Establishing a Research Agenda and Guide Map for Evidence Uptake.
Full text is available free online.  PubMed Records
From: Executive Summary: Knowledge [...]

The Dietary Supplements Labels Database: brands, ingredients, and references

  Here is a new database from the U.S. National Library of Medicine.  From the Web site:
The Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in different brands. Information is [...]

Evidence-Based Treatment of Adult Whiplash Associated Disorder Grades 1-4 of the Cervical Spine

   A new clinical practice guideline on whiplash disorders is now available for review, and feedback is invited:
Evidence-Based Treatment of Adult Whiplash Associated Disorder Grades 1-4 of the Cervical Spine       
Clinical Practice Guideline Feedback    Feedback must be received by November 29th, 2007.
From the Canadian Chiropractic Association Web site:
On behalf of the Canadian Chiropractic Association and [...]

Do chiropractors adhere to guidelines for back radiographs?: A study of chiropractic teaching clinics in Canada

   From the October 15, 2007 issue of Spine [subscription required]:
Ammendolia CD, Cote PD, Hogg-Johnson SP, Bombardier CM. Do chiropractors adhere to guidelines for back radiographs?: A study of chiropractic teaching clinics in Canada. Spine 2007; 32(22):2509-2514.
Key Points
* There is high adherence to radiography guidelines for a new episode of low back pain among chiropractic teaching [...]

Pharmaceutical education: gifts from industry and lifelong learning

   From the August 15, 2007 issue of the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education [Open Access]:
Hanson AL, Bruskiewitz RH, DeMuth JE. Pharmacists’ perceptions of facilitators and barriers to lifelong learning. Am J Pharm Educ 2007; 71(4):67.
OBJECTIVES: To reevaluate facilitators of and barriers to pharmacists’ participation in lifelong learning previously examined in a 1990 study.
METHODS: A [...]

Rate your disgust sensitivity

  Do you want to know what disgusts you and why the things that disgust you disgust you?  Well, the BBC is here to help. Take this test created by the BBC Science & Nature’s Human Body and Mind. From the site:
Test your sensitivity to disgust and take part in a real science experiment. It [...]

Institutional academic-industry relationships

  From the October 17, 2007 issue of JAMA:
Campbell EG, Weissman JS, Ehringhaus S, Rao SR, Moy B, Feibelmann S et al. Institutional academic-industry relationships. JAMA 2007; 298(15):1779-1786.
Context: Institutional academic-industry relationships have the potential of creating institutional conflicts of interest. To date there are no empirical data to support the establishment and evaluation of institutional [...]

Is continuing medical education a drug-promotion tool? Yes and No

  From the October 2007 issue of Canadian Family Physician:
Marlow B. Is continuing medical education a drug-promotion tool? NO. Can Fam Physician 2007; 53(10):1650-1652.
CLOSING ARGUMENTS:

Industry practices in relation to continuing medical education and continuing professional development have changed dramatically in the last 10 years.
Accrediting bodies, such as the College of Family Physicians of Canada, have [...]

Ethical, professional, and legal obligations in clinical practice: a series

 The five short articles in this series are based on discussions held in this UK author’s surgical unit. He writes, While our unit dealt with these issues from a surgical perspective, the obligations of clinical practice apply to all practitioners and the series could be easily modified for other clinical specialties. Even though these articles [...]

Predictors of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing among primary care physicians

   In this retrospective cohort study that included 852 primary care physicians in Quebec, authors Cadieus, Tamblyn, Dauphinee and Libman (of Montreal) found that international medical graduates, physicians with high practice volumes and those who were in practice longer were more likely to prescribe antibiotics inappropriately. The study was published in the October 9, 2007 [...]