A Primal Scream for Evidence based Medicine
More than anything, physicians want clarity. They want to be empowered to make evidence-based decisions that lead to the best possible patient outcomes......
More than anything, physicians want clarity. They want to be empowered to make evidence-based decisions that lead to the best possible patient outcomes......
The Annals of Emergency Medicine recently published a paper entitled “Preliminary Performance on the New CMS Sepsis-1 National Quality Measure: Early Insights From the......
A March 19 study in JAMA Internal Medicine reported that a Harvard-led study found that patient mortality rates drop when The Joint Commission (TJC) is physically in the hospital......
People are conservative; they like the old ways. It’s no surprise that we use learning techniques that go back hundreds of years.Recent research reveals far more efficient methods......
Not all learning is intelligent learning. Some learning goes in one ear and out the other. Some learning is tortuously tedious. Intelligent learning is targeted, engaging, memorable......
While evaluating education technology, don’t forget about cognitive science. Learners deserve effective study tools, and cognitive science is the force that determines the efficacy......
If you drive a car, chances are you’ve been a victim (or instigator) of at least one fender-bender. Whether the careless driver was you or the other person, there is one likely factor......
One of the most striking research findings is the power of active retrieval—testing—to strengthen memory, and that the more effortful the retrieval, the stronger the benefit.......
Many of the fundamental learning strategies that students consider tried and true make no significant impact on memory retention. Cognitive scientist, Henry Roediger......