Are doctors aware of this problem?

[SunsFun]

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I just watched this TED video and was very surprised to see so much miss information presented as evidence-based medicine. Being premed I wonder if doctors, at least those who frequent SDN, know about this and what they do in their own practices to counter this bias.

http://youtu.be/RKmxL8VYy0M

 

[Lya]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=1014508

Yup, I am sure many doctors are aware of them. However, for example, if a patient insists certain prescriptions and would seek another doctor if the doctor refuses to give that particular drug, the doctor often prescribes them anyways even though he knows all the unbiased literatures behind them.

EDIT: Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Ismet]

Of course doctors know about this. We learned about this kind of publication bias in the first semester of MS1. Major flaw in the system.

 

[skab]

TED talks are great but I've stopped watching most of the "scientific" ones since there's such abundant pseudo science. The format of the program does not lend itself well to conveying evidentiary information, methods, analysis, etc. - it mainly acts as a hook, engaging viewers with extremes and interesting anecdotes in a brief presentation. Not to say that misinformation is a problem exclusive to TED--it's prevalent and troubling throughout the media, news network, etc. Unfortunately, not everyone questions the validity and bias of publications, or even cares about legitimate sources versus unfounded opinions.

 

[Narmerguy]

TED talks are great but I've stopped watching most of the "scientific" ones since there's such abundant pseudo science. The format of the program does not lend itself well to conveying evidentiary information, methods, analysis, etc. - it mainly acts as a hook, engaging viewers with extremes and interesting anecdotes in a brief presentation. Not to say that misinformation is a problem exclusive to TED--it's prevalent and troubling throughout the media, news network, etc. Unfortunately, not everyone questions the validity and bias of publications, or even cares about legitimate sources versus unfounded opinions.

I'm mostly with you.👍