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Reflecting on what is missing in medical education – A letter to a mentor.

Below is an excerpt from a letter I recently sent to a friend and mentor. I hope by sharing it it may inspire others to think through these issues, and hopefully to share their ideas with the community.   Dear (Mentor): We began our conversation with the definition of learning: "Learning is the extraction

MANUSCRIPT: Patient safety and quality improvement education: a cross-sectional study of medical students’ preferences and attitudes

A greater proportion of students reported previous exposure to patient safety than to quality improvement topics (79% vs. 47%). More than 80% of students thought patient safety was of the same or greater importance than basic science or clinical skills whereas quality improvement was rated as the same or more important by about

MANUSCRIPT: Sharing data for the public good and protecting individual privacy: informatics solutions to combine different goals

Data sharing requires an environment in which the professionals who handle the data adhere to the highest ethical standards and implement systematic processes that (a) measure data quality, (b) respect to consumer preferences, (c) successfully identify research cohorts, and (d) are scalable. http://jamia.bmj.com/content/20/1/1.full.pdf html

ABSTRACT: Implementing an interface terminology for structured clinical documentation

Abstract Clinically oriented interface terminologies support interactions between humans and computer programs that accept structured entry of healthcare information. This manuscript describes efforts over the past decade to introduce an interface terminology called CHISL (Categorical Health Information Structured Lexicon) into clinical practice as part of a computer-based documentation application at Vanderbilt

RESOURCE: When Doctors and Patients Are Facebook Friends

As social-media tools become ubiquitous, doctors are finding a role for them in their medical practices. But Facebook, Twitter and other social media bring challenges and worries, as well as opportunities. Among the concerns: protecting patient privacy and maintaining appropriate boundaries between professional and social relationships. via When Doctors and Patients