Science of Neurosurgical Practice-Practical Evidence-Based Medicine: An Introduction

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Video Summary

In the video, the speaker introduces a course called bedside evidence-based medicine, which focuses on the relevance of clinical care and practical biostatistics. The speaker emphasizes the importance of looking at recent literature and being aware of potential sources of misleading information. The course will include didactic talks and hands-on activities. The speaker then gives an example of thermal expansion, explaining that when metals are heated, their atoms move and get farther away from each other. The speaker also discusses the relevance of thermal expansion in day-to-day life, such as train tracks and suspension bridges. The audience is then asked a question about the diameter of a circle in a rectangular plate of metal with a circular hole when the plate is uniformly heated. The speaker engages the audience in a discussion about the question and emphasizes the importance of commitment, reasoning, and engagement in the learning process. The video transitions to a discussion about evidence-based medicine. The speaker introduces the PICO format for asking clinical questions and discusses the importance of reasoning from principles, experience, and evidence. The speaker explains the concept of a hierarchy of evidence and the role of bias, confounding, and chance in research studies. The video concludes with a discussion on the role of judgment and experience in making clinical decisions and provides an overview of the course content. No credits were mentioned in the video.

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Presented by Michael J. Glantz, MD

Keywords

bedside evidence-based medicine

clinical care

practical biostatistics

thermal expansion

day-to-day life

PICO format

hierarchy of evidence

clinical decisions