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Illinois Opioid Prescribing and Opioid Abuse Training for Dental Healthcare Providers

American Medical Compliance

As a dental professional, your role in managing pain and prescribing medications is crucial, not only for the immediate comfort of your patients but also for their long-term health and well-being. These drugs are often prescribed for acute pain following surgeries or injuries, as well as for chronic pain conditions.

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The Meaning of "Guideline Directed"

Sensible Medicine

We can all agree that evidence from clinical trials should guide practice. One problem with evidence-based practice is that it’s harder than many experts would admit. The reverse is likely true as well. We should not receive a penalty for deviating from evidence-based practice.

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Episode 32 - Assisting With Air Travel Medical Emergencies: Responsibilities and Pitfalls (Ethics CME)

EB Medicine

Ashoo is an Emergency Physician based out of Tallahassee Florida with a keen interest in informatics who has been featured on several other podcasts you may have heard. Well, with that, let’s get started on our final scheduled episode of EMplify ! Show More v Jeff: Well, this is a first!

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The Meaning of "Guideline Directed"

Sensible Medicine

We can all agree that evidence from clinical trials should guide practice. One problem with evidence-based practice is that it’s harder than many experts would admit. The reverse is likely true as well. We should not receive a penalty for deviating from evidence-based practice.

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How to Critique Randomised Control Trials

Mind The Bleep

Outcome measures are well and good, but often there is no significant difference measured in the primary outcome. Appraisal Example 3: Appraising an RCT’s Results Conclusion Appraising RCTs is crucial for medical students to develop evidence-based practice skills. Have they given any details on quality of life?

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Episode 24 - First Trimester Pregnancy Emergencies: Recognition and Management

EB Medicine

HDS patients who are well-appearing with a pregnancy of undetermined location should be discharged with a 48h beta hcg recheck and ultrasound. Nachi: Right, and a single dose of ionizing radiation actually does not exceed the threshold dose for fetal harm. Jeff: Let’s talk about the Rh status and prevention of alloimmunization.

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What it Takes to Actually Achieve Shared Decision Making.

Sensible Medicine

Glyn Elwyn and I wrote in a 2018 paper “in the vast majority of circumstances, the only outcome of relevance for EBP (evidence-based practice) is to measure whether a shared decision was made.” I pretty much agree with the sentiment that statins are “well-tolerated” but what does that really mean?

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