Published: 22 July 2020 Stanley I. Innes, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde & Bruce F. Walker Chiropractic & Manual Therapies volume 28, Article number: 40 (2020) Abstract Background Chiropractors see themselves as well positioned to provide safe, effective and economical care for the on-going financial burden that spinal pain imposes. However, in many places of the world, the […]
March 21, 2019 Stephen Devries, MD JAMA. 2019;321(14):1351-1352. doi:10.1001/jama.2019.1581 Nutrition education in medical school is rudimentary, at best, and limited for the duration of graduate medical education for many specialties. Requirements for meaningful nutrition education in all phases of medical training are long overdue. In randomized clinical trials, dietary interventions have proven to both prevent and […]
PLOS One Ralf H. J. M. Kurver Published: April 3, 2018https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194128 Abstract Diagnosing the causes of low back pain is a challenging task, prone to errors. A novel approach to increase diagnostic accuracy in medical decision making is collective intelligence, which refers to the ability of groups to outperform individual decision makers in solving problems. […]
September 7, 2017 Scott Kahan, MD, MPH JAMA. Published online September 7, 2017. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.10434 Despite overwhelming evidence that relatively small dietary changes can significantly improve health, clinicians seldom discuss nutrition with their patients. Poor nutritional intake and nutrition-related health conditions, such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and many cancers, are highly prevalent in the […]
Orthop Nurs. 2016 Sep-Oct;35(5):325-9. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000278. Benham AJ1, Geier KA, Salmond S. Author information Abstract BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal disorders affect a third of the U.S. population and are among the most prevalent, costly, and debilitating medical conditions. Basic familiarity with musculoskeletal conditions is essential for all primary care providers, including nurse practitioners (NPs). PURPOSE: The purpose […]
Fargen, Kyle M. MD, MPH; Drolet, Brian C. MD; Philibert, Ingrid PhD, MBA Academic Medicine Post Author Corrections: February 23, 2016 Abstract Purpose: Recent reports have identified concerning patterns of unprofessional and dishonest behavior by physician trainees. Despite this publicity, the prevalence and impact of these behaviors is not well described; thus, the authors aimed […]
RAND > Published Research > Research Briefs > RB-4539 > For half a century, the American Medical Association waged war against chiropractic, an intervention that relies on spinal adjustments to treat health problems. Chiropractors were regarded as the modern-day equivalent of snake-oil salesmen. Today, chiropractors are the third largest group of health care providers, after […]
Notes from chief residents in family and internal medicine. March 14th, 2016 The Era of the Ill-Prepared Medical Student Ahmad Yousaf, MD Ahmad Yousaf, MD, is the 2015-16 Ambulatory Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. What is wrong with medical students nowadays? This question has been circulating in the academic medical world […]
Date: March 14, 2016 Source: Mayo Clinic Summary: Medical students are more prone to alcohol abuse than their peers not attending medical school, especially if they are young, single and under a high debt load, according to a study on medical student burnout. Medical students are more prone to alcohol abuse than their peers not […]
Tex Med. 2016 Mar 1;112(3):47-52. Berlin J. Abstract Acupuncture licensing requires thousands of hours of training, but the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners #39; (TBCE #39;s) rules allow chiropractors to perform the procedure and to do so with considerably less training. The Texas Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (TAAOM) is challenging those rules in […]
This study shows a passing rate of 21% for MDs. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834088 Only 8.9% of MDs passed the test of musculoskeletal conditions on this paper http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19880882 26% passing rate on this paper. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17457065 79% failed. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15687152 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25750952 DC had a passing rate of 51% http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17224355 No wonder we have an opioid epidemic. Craig Benton, D.C.
Academic performance of students is comparable in accelerated program, conventional MD program WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2015 (HealthDay News) — An accelerated baccalaureate (BA)/doctor of medicine (MD) program does not impair the academic performance of medical students, according to a study published online July 3 in Academic Medicine. Marianne M. Green, M.D., from the Northwestern University […]
08.07.2015 by Craig Knoche, MS, MBA, and Judith Kalinyak MD, PhD “First do no harm,” a phrase found in Epidemics, Book I, of the Hippocratic school, is a core principle in the education of medical students and is the belief of the patients being treated by their physician. Unfortunately, misdiagnosis results in an estimated 40,000 […]
05.03.2015 by J. Duncan Moore, Jr. Contributing Writer, MedPage Today In response to complaints that medical education costs too much, takes too long, teaches the wrong things, and distorts the physician work force, schools are reconfiguring themselves in a variety of ways — with revamped curriculums, new teaching styles, individually shaped courses of study, and […]
Dr. Nikita Vizniak BSc. DC. | Chair Physical Medicine Prof. Anatomy, Phys. Med., Exercise Therapy, Manip. Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine Room 7 – 3rd floor – 435 Columbia Street, New Westminster, B.C. V3L 5N8 T. 604 777 9981 | F. 604.521.5526 | E. nvizniak@binm.org | www.binm.org Professional Comparison Comparison of DC, DO, MD, ND, […]
J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2015 Apr 1;97(7):e36. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.N.00488. Al-Nammari SS, Pengas I, Asopa V, Jawad A, Rafferty M, Ramachandran M. Abstract BACKGROUND: Musculoskeletal symptoms are common reasons for patients seeking medical attention. Basic competency in musculoskeletal medicine is therefore essential for all clinicians. To our knowledge, this is the first assessment of the […]
Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2015 Mar;44(3):E64-7. Weiss K, Curry E, Matzkin E. Abstract Most medical fields require a basic knowledge of musculoskeletal medicine. Although many nonorthopedic clinicians treat musculoskeletal problems, this area of medicine is often given little time in medical school curricula. In the study reported here, a validated musculoskeletal cognitive evaluation […]
J Chiropr Educ. 2014 Sep 19. [Epub ahead of print] Assessing the change in attitudes, knowledge, and perspectives of medical students towards chiropractic after an educational intervention* Wong JJ, Di Loreto L, Kara A, Yu K, Mattia A, Soave D, Weyman K, Kopansky-Giles D. Abstract Objective : We assessed the change in attitudes, knowledge, and […]