Cochrane Library: Free access for all?

  In an ideal world, all health information would be available to all people. The databases contained in the Cochrane Library are an invaluable resource for health professionals, particularly the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and there is a global movement to make the Cochrane Library available to all.
A number of countries now offer their [...]

Self-Assessment: JCEHP theme issue

  The Winter 2008 issue of the Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions contains a number of excellent articles on self-assessment [available by subscription only]. Click on the links below to view the PubMed records for each article.
Joan Sargeant. Toward a common understanding of self-assessment (p 1-4)
Ronald M. Epstein, Daniel J. Siegel, Jordan Silberman. [...]

Individual patient education for low back pain (Cochrane Review)

  A January 2008 version of this Cochrane Review, first published last September, is now available online [subscription required to view the complete review]:
Engers A, Jellema P, Wensing M, van der Windt DAWM, Grol R, van Tulder MW. Individual patient education for low back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 1. Art. No.: [...]

Top 10 Amazing Chemistry Videos

Here are some really funny and amazing chemistry videos, from Wired Science magazine. As they state, Fiery explosions, beautiful reactions, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about chemistry. My favourite is the one pictured above, a commercial that’s a music video about polymerase chain reaction (PCR) that parodies those celebrity music [...]

Medical Education 2007: Top downloaded articles, with free full text

  Here are the articles most downloaded from Medical Education in 2007. For now, free full text is available.

Learning styles: do they really exist? [letter] Kieran Walsh Volume 41, Issue 6, Pages 618-620.

Experience-based learning: a model linking the processes and outcomes of medical students’ workplace learning [by] Tim Dornan, Henny Boshuizen, Nigel King, Albert Scherpbier [...]

The reported validity and reliability of methods for evaluating continuing medical education: A systematic review

  This review appears in the March 2008 issue of Academic Medicine [subscription required]:
Ratanawongsa N, Thomas PA, Marinopoulos SS, Dorman T, Wilson LM, Ashar BH, Magaziner JL, Miller RG, Prokopowicz GP, Qayyum R, Bass EB. The reported validity and reliability of methods for evaluating continuing medical education: A systematic review.  Acad Med 2008; 83(3):274-283.
PURPOSE: To [...]

A snowy March morning …

I’m looking out my window on a snowy March morning  and a hungry little red squirrel braves the snow …  
These seeds are soooo good …    But who is that on the other side of that window?   Uh, oh, I don’t like the look of her at all …  Better get away from her and score [...]

whichbook.net — Choose a book to match your needs

  Do you ever go to a library or bookstore and not have a clue about what book to look for? Well, here is help, from whichbook.net, and it’s really fun to use. On one screen you can choose the mood and length and other qualities (click on the above screen shot for an example), and you can even move [...]

Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach

   This series of practice guidelines has been published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics [full text by subscription]:
Bussières AE, Peterson C, Taylor JA. Diagnostic imaging practice guidelines for musculoskeletal complaints in adults — an evidence-based approach. Introduction. J Manipulative Physiol Ther 2007 Nov-Dec;30(9):617-83.
Imaging technology can improve patient outcomes by allowing greater precision in [...]