Seven alternatives to evidence based medical education: an exploration of how we actually teach While evidence based medical education remains the ideal, Sabine Drossard , Anja Härtl , and Johanna Büchel look at some other “remarkably persistent” methods The gold standard of medical education, ...

it’s been an extremely unfunny year. anyway— the annual BMJ Christmas issue has a follow-up to one of their all-time greats, “seven alternatives to evidence-based medicine” (1999), reframed for medical education. I am guilty of several of these.

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ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO

meant to go to a cardiac anesthesia conference, but all #SCA2025 turns up are specialty coffee roasters. say hey if you’re in Montréal! ☕️🇨🇦🫀

hi, let’s try this again. I’m Adam, a cardiac and liver transplant anesthesiologist based in Philadelphia. posting infrequently but interested in #meded, periop echo, bioethics. #ansky #medsky

Analysis of Barbie medical and science career dolls: descriptive quantitative study Objectives To identify Barbie brand dolls that had medicine and science themed professions in comparison with other career dolls and to determine their accuracy in meeting clinical and laboratory safe...

long weekend’s a nice time to catch up on BMJ’s Xmas issue. favorite this year: qualitative analysis of Barbies in STEM. takeaways 1) mostly pediatricians 2) attire/PPE usually not lab-safe 3) more common, more diverse in the last 10-15 years

new year, new social network, still figuring it all out. Hello, #medsky.