eTBLAST: Plagiarists beware – cybersleuths are on the case

This article by Paul Taylor was published in the Globe & Mail on March 6, 2009:
Plagiarists beware – cybersleuths are on the case
An online program can scan medical databases for cases of copying, helping journal editors ferret out dubious reports
The article is about eTBLAST, a computer program developed by researchers at the University of Texas [...]

Top ten articles downloaded from Medical Education in 2008

  Here are the top ten articles downloaded from Medical Education in 2008. For now, these are available free online.

What’s next? A guiding question for educators engaged in educational research (2008)
Kevin W Eva & Lorelei Lingard
Student leadership in interprofessional education: benefits, challenges and implications for educators, researchers and policymakers (2008)
Steven J Hoffman, Daniel Rosenfield, John H [...]

“What about the safe surgery checklist?” — Dr. Peter Benton

In January 2009 the New England Journal of Medicine published an article about the World Health Organization’s surgical safety checklist. (See this post for more information.) On March 12, the checklist was a key player in a scene in an episode of ER, and it helped save Dr. John Carter’s life. (See Dr. Peter Benton holding the [...]

Learning in interprofessional teams: AMEE Guide #38

 From the March 2009 issue of Medical Teacher [available by subscription]:
Hammick M, Olckers L, Campion-Smith C. Learning in interprofessional teams: AMEE Guide no 38. Med Teach 2009 Jan;31(1):1-12.
This guide is for health and social care professionals who teach or guide others’ learning before and after qualification, in formal courses or the workplace. It clarifies the [...]

CME: ACCP Evidence-Based Educational Guidelines

  The March 2009 supplement of Chest (v. 135 supplement 3) is an Open Access special issue devoted to continuing medical education.  From the Executive Summary:
In 2005, the Education Committee and the Health and Science Policy Committee of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recognized the need to assess the ACCP medical education curriculum. During [...]

Neck pain and the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010

The February 2009 supplement of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics is a Neck Pain Task Force Special Supplement, containing reprints of articles from the February 2008 supplement of  Spine.  See also this post. And for an Open Access version, see this post.
From the editorial by Claire Johnson:
These are some of the most important [...]