Sunday, September 7, 2008

Competency 3: Podcasts

I used Google.com to perform the search. I found this podcast: Evidence-based Medicine with Paul H. Keckley, Exec. Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Evidence-based Medicine, which is located at this url: www.soundpractice.net/article.cfm?id=250

I chose this podcast because it is an informative overview of the development of evidence-based medicine (ebm). Mr. Keckley traces the development of ebm from the 1970s to now. He discusses the acceptance of ebm by medical practitioners and provides advice to practitioners on how to stay current. He also discusses how patients are educating themselves and the effect that this has on the doctor-patient relationship.