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medicine.io

Weekly podcast hosted by Josh Herigon and Jason Newland about the role of technology and social media in medicine, medical education, medical research, patient safety, and other related topics.

  1. 12/28/2013

    016: Agree to Disagree

    In this episode, Josh follows up on his approach to evaluating residencies. He talks about looking at board pass rates and the tricky proposition of asking about accreditation status. Jason and Josh then get into a snarky blog post Josh wrote about a recent study evaluating the value of infectious diseases doctors. Links for this episode: American Board of Pediatrics | ABP Pass Rates 2010 - 2012 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) ACGME Accreditation Status database ID Week Josh’s tweet heard ’round the ID world (well…the few peds ID docs that follow him) Infectious Diseases Doctors Find In Study That Infectious Diseases Doctors Are Great | Josh’s Blog Jason’s response to Josh’s post IDSA/Avalere Study Demonstrates the Value of the ID Specialist | IDSA News Infectious Diseases Specialty Intervention is Associated with Decreased Mortality and Lower Healthcare Costs | Clinical Infectious Diseases (the study that set everything off) An Introduction to Propensity Score Methods for Reducing the Effects of Confounding in Observational Studies Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care A programming note—medicine.io will soon move to a new home under a new name. This new feed is not setup yet, but our next episode will be the last one hosted here. We will include links and everything to follow along at the new location. We apologize for the transition. Thanks for joining us this week! Questions or comments for Josh and Jason? Drop us a line using our feedback form or on Twitter. Download MP3

    28 min

  2. 11/06/2013

    015: Agricultural Use of Antibiotics and Evaluating Residencies

    In this episode, Josh and Jason do a remote episode and discuss the CDC's recent report on antimicrobial resistance. Josh then picks Jason's brain about how best to evaluate a residency. Jason is not very helpful (only because it's difficult to evaluate a residency program). Links for this episode:  IDWeek 2013 SXSW Eco | Fighting Superbugs on the FarmNY Times | Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Lead to 23,000 Deaths a Year, C.D.C. FindsCDC | Threat Report 2013 - Antimicrobial Resistance KQED | Antibiotic Use in Livestock Tied to Drug-Resistant Infections Pew Charitable Trusts | #36years Later and We're Still Waiting for Antibiotic Action Thanks for joining us this week! Questions or comments for Josh and Jason? Drop us a line using our feedback form or on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook.  Don't forget to rate us in iTunes! Download MP3

    33 min

  3. 10/08/2013

    014: I'm on a Guideline Committee and It's a Disaster

    Josh and Jason talk about clinical practice guidelines. They discuss the role of guidelines, difficulties developing them, their length, standards, and design factors. Links for this episode:  Digital Doctor Podcast | Episode #19 - Guideline AppsiTunes | iGuidelinesGuideline Central iTunes | Guideline CentralPediatrics | Impact of a guideline on management of children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia IDSA | 52-page clinical practice guideline for community-acquired pneumonia in childrenNational Guideline ClearinghouseIOM | Clinical Practice Guidelines We Can TrustChildren's Mercy | Community-Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Practice Guideline Design Principles for Clinical Practice Guideline DevelopmentJoint Commission | Core Measure Sets Thanks for joining us this week! Questions or comments for Josh and Jason? Drop us a line using our feedback form or on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook.  Don't forget to rate us in iTunes! Download MP3

    35 min

  4. 09/01/2013

    013: Board Exams and Becoming Better Physicians

    Josh and Jason discuss taking the second part of board exams for medical students (USMLE Step 2), the new maintenance of certification program from the American Board of Pediatrics, the complex payment system based on RVUs (relative value units), and how we measure and improve our performance as clinicians. Links for this episode:  USMLE Step 2 Clinical Skills USMLE "Irregular Behavior" USMLE Step 2 CS scoring  Wikipedia | Internal Validity Wkipedia | External Validity USMLE | FAQ "How do I interpret my scores?" Wikipedia | Computerized Adaptive Testing American Board of Pediatrics | Maintenance of Certification WSJ | Hospitals Prescribe Big Data to Track Doctors at Work Wikipedia | Relative Value Units NY Times | How One Small Group Sets Doctors’ Pay Slate | The Hidden Public-Private Cartel that Sets Health Care Prices New Yorker | Coaching a Surgeon [by Atul Gawande]Questions or comments for Josh and Jason? Drop us a line using our feedback form or on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook.  Don't forget to rate us in iTunes!

    37 min

  5. 06/24/2013

    012: You Can't Wear That In Here

    After a short hiatus, Josh and Jason return this week to discuss the surgical rotation for medical students, the release of their iPhone app for clinical practice guidelines, and aseptic hand techniques in surgery and the clinics. Links for this episode:  Josh's Blog | Worst things to do in surgery as a med studentiTunes App Store | iGuidelines The Verge | Apple announces iOS 7, 'biggest change' since the introduction of the iPhone, coming this fall iMedicalApps | How a medical student partnered with a hospital to create an evidence based guideline appiTunes App Store | CAP GuidelineChildren's Mercy | Clinical Practice GuidelinesIntermountain | Care Process Models YouTube | A Comprehensive Guide to the Surgical ScrubAtul Gawande | The Checklist ManifestoWikipedia | Crew Resource ManagementQuestions or comments for Josh and Jason? Drop us a line using our feedback form or on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook.  Don't forget to rate us in iTunes!

    39 min

  6. 04/22/2013

    011: Permission to Change Your Mind

    In this week's brief episode, Josh and Jason tackle antibiotic use in agriculture, TEDMED and the smartphone physical, and touch on physical diagnosis. Links for this episode: house.gov | Rep Waxman to introduce legislation to monitor antibiotic use in animalsFood Safety News | Slaughter and Waxman introduce bills to gather more antibiotics in agWhite Oak PasturesTwitter | Rock HarperWashington Post | Fat Shorty’s to open Thursday with rattlesnake and elk sausages on the menuhouse.gov | Slaughter introduces Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment (PAMTA) ActIMDB | The West WingWikipedia | The West WingTEDMEDAliveCorWelch Allyn iExaminerThe Smartphone PhysicalMedGadget | A glimpse into the smartphone physicalHuffington Post | The smartphone physical: checkup of the future?TEDMED | Smartphone physical debuts at TEDMED 2013The Digital Doctors | OpenEyesRobert Centor MDnumber needed to treat | Dr Centor on improving diagnosis to reduce costsnumber needed to treat | The impossible workload for doctors in trainingAmazon | Evidence-Based Physical DiagnosisStay up-to-date on everything medicine.io by following us on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook and don't forget to rate us on iTunes! Download MP3

    31 min

  7. 04/08/2013

    010: Resident Work Hours and Generational Spite

    Josh and Jason continue to debate solutions for efficient intrahospital communication and dive head-long into the resident work hour restriction controversy. Links for this episode: CNET | Apple's iMessage encryption trips up feds' surveillanceqliqMediGramPebbleThe Wirecutter | The best smartwatch right now is the Pebble, but honestly, they’re all kind of crummyJAMA Internal Medicine | Effects of the 2011 Duty Hour Reforms on Interns and Their PatientsRobert Centor MD | Do shorter work hours have an impact on internal medicine trainingJAMA | To IsaiahQuestions or comments for Josh and Jason? Drop us a line using our feedback form or on Twitter, Tumblr, or Facebook. Don't forget to rate us in iTunes! Download MP3

    47 min

  8. 03/25/2013

    009: The Trans-Atlantic Episode

    This week, Josh and Jason join Ed Wallit, Stevan Wing, and Wai Keong Wong from the Digital Doctors podcast to discuss digital literacy among physicians and the growing importance of technology in the practice of medicine. Links for this episode: The Digital Doctors podcastTwitter | @DoctorNatashaNBC Nightly News | Checking in with patients via textKCUR | A Text A Day Keeps The Doctor....In Touch?CernerWikipedia | EMISEscape Fire - The Fight to Rescue American HealthcareCommonwealth Fund | Escape Fire - Lessons for the Future of Health CarePaul Levy | Not Running a Hospital blogOpenEyesYouTube | Wai Keon Wong's interview with Mr Bill AylwardHave comments or corrections? You can always reach us through our feedback page and help us out by rating us in iTunes! Download MP3

    1h 25m
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Weekly podcast hosted by Josh Herigon and Jason Newland about the role of technology and social media in medicine, medical education, medical research, patient safety, and other related topics.

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