The Fall of Psychopharmacology

2021 ◽  
pp. 305-322
Author(s):  
Edward Shorter
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Mood Stabilizers ◽  
Scientific Concept ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Neuroscience ◽  
Based Medicine

In 2012, Mickey Nardo forecast the end of an era during the height of the Age of Psychopharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience. Skeptical observers like Nardo asked the disquieting question of why SSRI/SNRIs, SGAs, and mood stabilizers were needed when psychiatrists were just prescribing ineffective drugs for non-existent conditions. Susanna Every-Palmer, a psychiatrist at the Otago Medical School in New Zealand, argued that evidence-based medicine in general was being discredited by the invasion of the pharmaceutical industry. Psychopharmacology was doomed as a scientific concept when it became a vehicle for promoting the pharmaceutical industry. Psychopharmacology’s scientific concept died when it became a trope for selling drugs.

scholarly journals Using Team-Based Learning to Teach Evidence-Based Medicine to First-Year Residents

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Mandana Akbarinejad Mousavi ◽  
Mitra Amini ◽  
Somayeh Delavari ◽  
Ali Seifi
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Instructional Strategy ◽  
Medical Residents ◽  
P Value ◽  
First Year ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Team Based Learning ◽  
Based Medicine

Summary Team-based learning (TBL) is a well-established instructional strategy that provides students with the chance to apply conceptual knowledge through a series of actions, including pre-class, individual, team class activity, and immediate feedback. The purpose of the present study was to introduce a course of teaching the evidence-based medicine (EBM) to all first-year medical residents in different disciplines at Shiraz Medical School in Iran country using the TBL instructional strategy. The sample included 86 medical residents at Shiraz Medical School. This study had a quasi-experimental design and was conducted in 12 sessions of evidence-based medicine (EBM) based on team-based learning (TBL) strategy. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS software. In all sections, the results of Individual Readiness Assurance Tests (IRATs) and Group Readiness Assurance Tests (GRATs) were added and calculated. Cronbach’s alpha test was implemented to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaires. For the descriptive analysis of data, descriptive statistics were used. ANOVA and T-test were used for analytic analysis. There was a significant difference in answering the questions between individual (3.73 ± 2.33) and group (4.71 ± 2.29) stages. Residents gained higher average grades on working in the team (P-value < 0.02). Results of residents’ response about satisfaction questionnaire are shown that the best scores belong to group activities in TBL. The results of this study showed that TBL could be used as an effective method for residents’ education in different disciplines.

scholarly journals A Medical School—Managed Care Partnership to Teach Evidence-based Medicine

2000 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 526-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTINE C. MATSON ◽  
RICHARD D. MORRISON ◽  
JOHN A. ULLIAN
Keyword(s):  
Managed Care ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

scholarly journals The experiences, attitudes and understanding of research amongst medical students at an Australian medical school

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaidyn Muhandiramge ◽  
Tony Vu ◽  
Megan J. Wallace ◽  
Eva Segelov
Keyword(s):  
Medical Student ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Student Research ◽  
Medical Student Research ◽  
Based Medicine

Abstract Background Research engagement plays an integral role in developing clinicians that practice effective, evidence-based medicine. Research participation by clinicians, however, is declining. Given the link between research during medical school and future research output, promotion of medical student research is one avenue by which this shortage can be addressed. Student research attitudes and participation in Australia are not well-documented in the literature. This study therefore aims to investigate research practices, motivators, and barriers amongst Australian medical students in order to determine whether there is a need for further integration of research within Australian medical school curriculums. Methods A cross-sectional study design was used to explore research experience and attitudes, as well as the enablers and barriers to research amongst students enrolled in all years of the five-year medical course at Monash University. A questionnaire was created by combining questions from several surveys on medical student research and comprised Likert scales, multiple choice options and free-text responses assessing research experience, attitudes, motivators, and barriers. Results Seven hundred and four respondents (69.4% female; survey response rate 36.7%) reported variable research experience and interest. Less than half of the cohort (n = 296; 44.9%) had contributed to a research project. Increasing employability for specialty training programs was the primary motivating factor (n = 345; 51.9%) for pursuing research, with only 20.5% (n = 136) citing an interest in academia as a motivator. Time constraints (n = 460; 65.3%) and uncertainty surrounding how to find research opportunities (n = 449; 63.8%) were the most common barriers to research. Conclusions Medical students at Monash University are interested in but have limited experience with research. Students are, however, primarily motivated by the prospect of increasing employability for specialist training; medical schools should therefore focus on encouraging intrinsic motivation for pursuing research. Greater integration of research education and opportunities within medical school curricula may also be required to provide students with the skills necessary to both pursue research and practice evidence-based medicine.

scholarly journals A Longitudinal Medical School Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum

MedEdPORTAL ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin West ◽  
Thomas Jaeger ◽  
Furman McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Based Medicine

Pediatrics: nominal symptoms and syndromes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Лариса Балыкова ◽  
Larisa Balykova ◽  
Дмитрий Печкуров ◽  
Dmitriy Pechkurov ◽  
Екатерина Акашкина ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Clinical Picture ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Pediatric Practice ◽  
Alphabetical Order ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Pediatric Diseases ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Symptoms And Signs

The guide will allow pediatricians to get information about the meaning of eponymous terms that they face in practice, educational and scientific activities, it contains 1212 eponymous symptoms, samples and reflexes, 752 symptom complexes, syndromes and diseases relevant to pediatric practice. The book consists of two parts, the first part includes the semiotics of pediatric diseases and presents their symptoms and signs. In the second part of the guide are syndromes and nosological units, which are systematized in alphabetical order. Their interpretation, historical information, data on epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis and clinical picture of nosological units are given. From the standpoint of evidence-based medicine provides information on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of these conditions, which may occur in the practice of a pediatrician. The guide is addressed to pediatricians, it is useful to researchers, teachers of higher medical school.

scholarly journals Does Performance on Evidence-Based Medicine and Urgent Clinical Scenarios Assessments Deteriorate During the Fourth Year of Medical School? Findings From One Institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 94 (5) ◽  
pp. 731-737 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren A. Heidemann ◽  
Charles A. Keilin ◽  
Sally A. Santen ◽  
James T. Fitzgerald ◽  
Nikki L. Zaidi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical School ◽  
Evidence Based Medicine ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Clinical Scenarios ◽  
Based Medicine
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