Medical Education

Nutrition Education in Medical School, Residency Training, and Practice

March 21, 2019 Stephen Devries, MD JAMA. 2019;321(14):1351-1352. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1581 Nutrition education in medical school is rudimentary, at best, and limited for the duration of graduate medical education for many specialties. Requirements for meaningful nutrition education in all phases of medical training are long overdue. In randomized clinical trials, dietary interventions have proven to both prevent and […]

Combining independent decisions increases diagnostic accuracy of reading lumbosacral radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging – Full Text Article

PLOS One Ralf H. J. M. Kurver Published: April 3, 2018https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194128 Abstract Diagnosing the causes of low back pain is a challenging task, prone to errors. A novel approach to increase diagnostic accuracy in medical decision making is collective intelligence, which refers to the ability of groups to outperform individual decision makers in solving problems. […]

Nutrition Counseling in Clinical Practice – How Clinicians Can Do Better – Full Text

September 7, 2017 Scott Kahan, MD, MPH JAMA. Published online September 7, 2017. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.10434 Despite overwhelming evidence that relatively small dietary changes can significantly improve health, clinicians seldom discuss nutrition with their patients. Poor nutritional intake and nutrition-related health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and many cancers, are highly prevalent in the […]

How Well Are Nurse Practitioners Prepared to Treat Common Musculoskeletal Conditions?

Orthop Nurs. 2016 Sep-Oct;35(5):325-9. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000278. Benham AJ1, Geier KA, Salmond S. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders affect a third of the U.S. population and are among the most prevalent, costly, and debilitating medical conditions. Basic familiarity with musculoskeletal conditions is essential for all primary care providers, including nurse practitioners (NPs). PURPOSE: The purpose […]

Unprofessional Behaviors Among Tomorrow’s Physicians: Review of the Literature With a Focus on Risk Factors, Temporal Trends, and Future Directions

Fargen, Kyle M. MD, MPH; Drolet, Brian C. MD; Philibert, Ingrid PhD, MBA Academic Medicine Post Author Corrections: February 23, 2016 Abstract Purpose: Recent reports have identified concerning patterns of unprofessional and dishonest behavior by physician trainees. Despite this publicity, the prevalence and impact of these behaviors is not well described; thus, the authors aimed […]

Changing Views of Chiropractic … and a National Reappraisal of Nontraditional Health Care

RAND > Published Research > Research Briefs > RB-4539 > For half a century, the American Medical Association waged war against chiropractic, an intervention that relies on spinal adjustments to treat health problems. Chiropractors were regarded as the modern-day equivalent of snake-oil salesmen. Today, chiropractors are the third largest group of health care providers, after […]

Insights on Residency Training

Notes from chief residents in family and internal medicine. March 14th, 2016 The Era of the Ill-Prepared Medical Student Ahmad Yousaf, MD Ahmad Yousaf, MD, is the 2015-16 Ambulatory Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. What is wrong with medical students nowadays? This question has been circulating in the academic medical world […]

Medical students, burnout and alcohol

Date: March 14, 2016 Source: Mayo Clinic Summary: Medical students are more prone to alcohol abuse than their peers not attending medical school, especially if they are young, single and under a high debt load, according to a study on medical student burnout. Medical students are more prone to alcohol abuse than their peers not […]

Abstracts – Musculoskeletal Education for MDs

This study shows a passing rate of 21% for MDs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834088 Only 8.9% of MDs passed the test of musculoskeletal conditions on this paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19880882 26% passing rate on this paper. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17457065 79% failed. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15687152 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25750952 DC had a passing rate of 51% http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17224355 No wonder we have an opioid epidemic. Craig Benton, D.C.

Accelerated MD Program Doesn’t Mar Academic Performance

Academic performance of students is comparable in accelerated program, conventional MD program WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) — An accelerated baccalaureate (BA)/doctor of medicine (MD) program does not impair the academic performance of medical students, according to a study published online July 3 in Academic Medicine. Marianne M. Green, M.D., from the Northwestern University […]

Does a Med School Degree Guarantee Diagnosis Skills?

08.07.2015 by Craig Knoche, MS, MBA, and Judith Kalinyak MD, PhD “First do no harm,” a phrase found in Epidemics, Book I, of the Hippocratic school, is a core principle in the education of medical students and is the belief of the patients being treated by their physician. Unfortunately, misdiagnosis results in an estimated 40,000 […]

3-Year Curriculum: The Cure for Med-Ed’s Ills?

05.03.2015 by J. Duncan Moore, Jr. Contributing Writer, MedPage Today In response to complaints that medical education costs too much, takes too long, teaches the wrong things, and distorts the physician work force, schools are reconfiguring themselves in a variety of ways — with revamped curriculums, new teaching styles, individually shaped courses of study, and […]

DC vs MD Professional Comparison – ProHealth Systems

Dr. Nikita Vizniak BSc. DC. | Chair Physical Medicine Prof. Anatomy, Phys. Med., Exercise Therapy, Manip. Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine Room 7 – 3rd floor – 435 Columbia Street, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5N8 T. 604 777 9981 | F. 604.521.5526 | E. nvizniak@binm.org | www.binm.org Professional Comparison Comparison of DC, DO, MD, ND, […]

The inadequacy of musculoskeletal knowledge in graduating medical students in the United Kingdom

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Apr 1;97(7):e36. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00488. Al-Nammari SS, Pengas I, Asopa V, Jawad A, Rafferty M, Ramachandran M. Abstract BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal symptoms are common reasons for patients seeking medical attention. Basic competency in musculoskeletal medicine is therefore essential for all clinicians. To our knowledge, this is the first assessment of the […]

Assessment of medical school musculoskeletal education

Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2015 Mar;44(3):E64-7. Weiss K, Curry E, Matzkin E. Abstract Most medical fields require a basic knowledge of musculoskeletal medicine. Although many nonorthopedic clinicians treat musculoskeletal problems, this area of medicine is often given little time in medical school curricula. In the study reported here, a validated musculoskeletal cognitive evaluation […]

Assessing the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after an educational intervention

J Chiropr Educ. 2014 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] Assessing the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after an educational intervention* Wong JJ, Di Loreto L, Kara A, Yu K, Mattia A, Soave D, Weyman K, Kopansky-Giles D. Abstract Objective : We assessed the change in attitudes, knowledge, and […]

Association of Marketing Interactions With Medical Trainees’ Knowledge About Evidence-Based Prescribing

August 2014 Results From a National Survey Kirsten E. Austad, MD JAMA Intern Med. 2014;174(8):1283-1290. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.2202 Abstract Importance In recent years, numerous US medical schools and academic medical centers have enacted policies preventing pharmaceutical sales representatives from interacting directly with students. Little is known about how pharmaceutical sales representatives affect trainees’ knowledge about pharmaceutical prescribing. […]

Fast Track for Primary Care Docs at One Calif. University

Pauline Bartolone, Capital Public Radio August 07, 2014 Some doctors in the state of California will soon be able to practice after three years of medical school instead of the traditional four. The American Medical Association is providing seed money for the effort in the form of a $1 million, five-year grant to the University […]

Are Med School Grads Prepared to Practice Medicine?

The New York Times By PAULINE W. CHEN, M.D. APRIL 24, 2014, 11:30 AM One night early in my internship, I received a frantic page for help from a fellow intern. Seasoned nurses had been unable to draw a patient’s blood, which senior doctors had ordered be done if his fever spiked, so they’d called […]

Lack of proficiency in musculoskeletal medicine among emergency medicine physicians

Comer GC, et al. J Orthop Trauma. 2014 Apr;28(4):e85-7. doi: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3182a66829. Abstract OBJECTIVES: Emergency medicine (EM) physicians are frequently responsible for evaluating and treating patients with urgent or emergent musculoskeletal conditions, so it is critical that they achieve a basic level of proficiency in musculoskeletal medicine. However, inadequacies in musculoskeletal education have previously been documented […]