LIFE Photo Archive through Google

  When I was young, my family’s subscriptions included the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Telegram, The New Yorker and LIFE magazine. The newspapers were of interest to me mainly for their comics, particularly the coloured ones that were delivered on the weekend. The stories in The New Yorker (delivered on Saturdays – we still had [...]

Tips for teaching evidence-based medicine in a clinical setting

Here is a two-part series published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine [subscription required]:
Das K, Malick S, Khan KS. Tips for teaching evidence-based medicine in a clinical setting: lessons from adult learning theory. Part one. J R Soc Med 2008;101(10):493-500.
Abstract: Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is an indispensable tool in clinical practice. Teaching and [...]

Book Cart Drill Teams

Check out this video of the winners of the 2007 Medical Libary Association meeting book cart drill team competition: The Dewey Decimators!  You can read about the November 2008 competition in Wisconsin when the Baraboo Bookers shut out the Mad City Truckers.
Here is an ALA [American Library Association] wiki entry; there is even a manual for drill [...]

On whose shoulders we stand: Lessons from Exemplar medical educators

The OED defines “exemplar” as “A person or thing which serves as a model for imitation; an example”.
This article from Advances in Health Sciences Education Theory & Practice [subscription required] describes 10 lessons learned from six Exemplars in medical education: Stephen Abrahamson, Charles Dohner, Arthur Elstein, Hilliard Jason, Christine McGuire and Frank Stritter.
Hitchcock MA, Anderson WA.  On [...]

Bringing important research evidence into practice: Canadian developments

This article from Family Practice describes two Canadian  initiatives that are helping to transfer research into practice [subscription required]:
CAPRE: Critically Appraised Practice Reflection Exercise [Queen's University, Kingston ON]
GAC: Guidelines Advisory Committee [Ontario]
Rosser W. Bringing important research evidence into practice: Canadian developments. Family Practice 2008 November 12.
BACKGROUND: The transfer of evidence from research into clinical practice is [...]

Giving feedback in clinical settings

This practical and timely article was recently published online in the BMJ [subscription may be required]: 
Cantillon P, Sargeant J. Giving feedback in clinical settings. BMJ 2008 November 10;337:a1961.
Excerpt:
Think about a clinical teaching session that you supervised recently. How much feedback did you provide? How useful do you think your feedback was?
Feedback is the cornerstone of [...]

Research Methods and Reporting – new BMJ series

On October 22, 2008, the BMJ launched a new series entitled Research methods and reporting.
From the editorial:
Groves T. Research methods and reporting: A new section of the BMJ about how to do and write up research [editorial] BMJ 2008;337:a2201.
Nearly 15 years ago Doug Altman, the BMJ’s senior statistical adviser and professor of medical statistics, asked [...]

Feel the warmth!

A November morning at the cottage that Bernie built …

Obama Mania

My son was in Grant Park on November 4. He recorded this startling video during the moments after the announcement of the victory. (Follow along as he travels across America.)

Who uses chiropractic?

 Here are a few studies examining the populations of patients who visit chiropractors. Click on Related Articles in PubMed to retrieve more records.
Blum C, Globe G, Terre L, Mirtz TA, Greene L, Globe D. Multinational survey of chiropractic patients: reasons for seeking care. JCCA: J Can Chiropr Assoc 2008 August;52(3):175-84. [Open Access]
INTRODUCTION: This study explores [...]