Evidence-based Medicine II Course Guide (Archived): EBM I Material on the EBM II Exam

 Read the following article:

• Fitzgerald FT, Tierney LM. The bedside Sherlock Holmes. West J Med. 1982;137(2):169-75. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1274053/

EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE I

WEEK 13

December 4, 2018

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Beginning of material on EBM II Exam
• The first hour of today’s session is a MANDATORY session. The second hour is the retake exam.
• The December 11th class is a virtual session. You are required to have viewed and learned the material prior to the EBM II exam in January.

UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS:

• The retake exam is today at 2 pm.

TOPIC 1: Evidence Based Medicine, the Physical Exam, and Art

FACULTY: Paul J. Lecat, M.D. and Heather McEwen, MLIS, MS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

AT THE END OF THE LECTURE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:

• Discuss how observation skills can help healthcare provide better patient care during the physical exam and during pharmacy interactions with patients.
• Use their observation skills to ask more effective patient questions.
• Understand how clinicians have utilized  art and the Sherlock Holmes literature to illustrate observations skills needed by healthcare providers.
• Generate differential possibilities from an observation, then use further questions and exam maneuvers, to determine which possibility is most likely.

Session Resource:

• Test Your Awareness - Who Dunnit? Video
• Louvre Mona Lisa painting
• Mona Lisa news story
• How Sherlock Holmes Changed the World clip

Supplemental Resources:

• Ose L. The real code of Leonardo da Vinci. Curr Cardiol Rev. 2008;4(1):60-2.
• Mehra MR, Campbell HR. The Mona Lisa decrypted: Allure of an imperfect reality. Mayo Clin Proc. 2018;93(9):1325-1327.

Test Your Knowledge: Practice questions will be placed in the class session folder in AIMS. These questions are for your own self-study and will not count toward your grade.