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Participatory Evidence: Opportunities & Threats

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In medicine, evidence separates modern scientific treatment from Folk Art. Medical evidence is acquired through observation, experimentation, and information sharing in scientific peer-reviewed journals. When new treatments are used, millions of patients around the world provide additional evidence for what works and what doesn't.

In our new world of instant information exchange and empowered patients, how are clinicians and empowered patients challenging traditional ways to collect, evaluate, and publish evidence? What evidence should we trust? This program, moderated by Peter Frishauf, frames the issues and proposes at least one solution to sorting through the evidence puzzle.

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EXPERTS & GUESTS:
Larry Green, DrPH, ScD(Hon.) Larry Green, DrPH, ScD(Hon.)
Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatstics, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Dr. Green is is professor of Epidemiology and Biostatstics, and Director of the Society, Diversity, and Disparities Program at the University of California at San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center. He joined CDC in 1999 as Distinguished Fellow-Visiting Scientist to study what accounted for the success of tobacco control in the last third of the 20th century, and how we might... more >

Jessie Gruman, Ph.D. Jessie Gruman, Ph.D.
President, Center for the Advancement of Health
Dr. Jessie Gruman is President of the Center for the Advancement of Health and Author of After Shock: What to Do When the Doctor Gives You – or Someone You Love – a Devastating Diagnosis. She received her undergraduate degree from Vassar College and her Ph.D. in social psychology from Columbia University. Dr. is a Professorial Lecturer in the School... more >

Peter Frishauf Peter Frishauf,
Founder of Medscape
Peter Frishauf, founder of Medscape – one of the leading websites to educate doctors, had high PSA levels but had a negative biopsy. It took sometime for Peter to be formally diagnosed, but in the end, research and self-education, allowed him to make informed decisions in his care. Peter started his career as a medical writer in 1972 after graduating... more >

Richard Smith, M.D. Richard Smith, M.D.
Director of the Ovations Initiative
Dr. Smith is director of the Ovations initiative to combat chronic disease in the developing world. The initiative is funding centers in China, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Tunisia, Tanzania, South Africa, Central America, and along the US Mexico border. Previously he was chief executive of UnitedHealth Europe, a subsidiary of the UnitedHealth Group that works with public health systems in Europe.... more >

TRANSCRIPT:

  1. Introduction LISTEN
  2. The Evidence-Based Medicine Movement LISTEN
  3. How Should Patients and Clinicians Measure Outcomes? LISTEN
  4. The Evidence and the Patient LISTEN
  5. “On the Frontlines of Life and Death Decisions” LISTEN
  6. A Look at Evidence From the Patients Point of View LISTEN
  7. A Look at Evidence From the Clinicians Point of View LISTEN
  8. Who Do You Trust? LISTEN
  9. Conclusion LISTEN

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