1) Medical journalism is often lacking in providing complete and balanced information about medical studies, procedures, and products. Many news stories fail to adequately discuss benefits, risks, costs, and alternatives.
2) There are several challenges facing medical journalists, including lack of time and resources to thoroughly research topics, pressure to produce more content, and reliance on sources like press releases that may promote certain findings.
3) Both journalists and academic medical centers could improve by taking more time to ensure coverage is balanced, explaining studies accurately and completely, and addressing potential conflicts of interest among sources. Developing relationships with expert sources can also help improve medical news reporting.
My talk to National Breast Cancer Coalition Project LEAD® workshop 2014Gary Schwitzer
Delivered in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2014. These slides also became the basis for a talk I gave via Skype to Doug Starr's class in the graduate Program in Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University on November 19.
My talk to National Breast Cancer Coalition Project LEAD® workshop 2014Gary Schwitzer
Delivered in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2014. These slides also became the basis for a talk I gave via Skype to Doug Starr's class in the graduate Program in Science and Medical Journalism at Boston University on November 19.
How Physicians Can Use Social Media ProfessionallyJoshua Brett
A power point presentation describing how physicians can use Social Media professionally to engage patients and improve health outcomes while complying with legal and ethical guidelines. This highlights my Masters Degree Capstone Project.
What we’ve learned working with health journalists across Europe by John Lister EvidenceNetwork.ca
John Lister of Coventry University discusses the strengths and pitfalls of foing health and health policy journalism across Europe, and what we can learn in North America.
Presented on behalf of EvidenceNetwork.ca at the University of Manitoba and via webinar on May 14, 2013.
McGovern Award Lecture - American Medical Writers AssociationGary Schwitzer
The McGovern Award is given by the American Medical Writers Association for "preeminent contributions to medical communications." It was presented at the AMWA annual conference, in Memphis, October 9, 2014.
CPL Workshop-Fall 14: Plain Language: A Tool to Promote Health Literacy (Kare...Center for Plain Language
Center for Plain Language Workshop
Fall 2014
Plain Language: A Tool to Promote Health Literacy
Karen Baker
http://www.healthwise.org
Overview
In this interactive workshop, you will learn the many ways that plain language can help people understand health information and engage with the health care system. Understand who struggles with health literacy and why. (It can happen to any of us.) Learn how to use plain language techniques to promote understanding.
Overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major public health concern in the US according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making it more difficult for physicians to easily treat many infections.
Background: The Food and Drug Administration relies on adverse event reports linked with health risks to remove potentially harmful dietary supplements from the market. Many emergency medicine physicians encounter suspected adverse events related to
dietary supplement use but we do not know what proportion of those adverse events are reported to the Food and Drug Administration. The objective of the study was to determine emergency medicine physicians’ practices regarding adverse event reporting and knowledge of dietary supplements.
Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted across five medical centers around the U.S: three military and two civilian. A web-based survey was distributed to emergency medicine attending physicians and emergency medicine residents. The questionnaire was created and administered using Lime Survey software. An administrator at each site communicated study details to emergency medicine physicians and residents via email. The survey was kept open for fi ve months. To preserve participant anonymity,
neither email domains, email addresses, Internet Protocol addresses, nor any other personally identifi able or demographic information were collected.
How Physicians Can Use Social Media ProfessionallyJoshua Brett
A power point presentation describing how physicians can use Social Media professionally to engage patients and improve health outcomes while complying with legal and ethical guidelines. This highlights my Masters Degree Capstone Project.
What we’ve learned working with health journalists across Europe by John Lister EvidenceNetwork.ca
John Lister of Coventry University discusses the strengths and pitfalls of foing health and health policy journalism across Europe, and what we can learn in North America.
Presented on behalf of EvidenceNetwork.ca at the University of Manitoba and via webinar on May 14, 2013.
McGovern Award Lecture - American Medical Writers AssociationGary Schwitzer
The McGovern Award is given by the American Medical Writers Association for "preeminent contributions to medical communications." It was presented at the AMWA annual conference, in Memphis, October 9, 2014.
CPL Workshop-Fall 14: Plain Language: A Tool to Promote Health Literacy (Kare...Center for Plain Language
Center for Plain Language Workshop
Fall 2014
Plain Language: A Tool to Promote Health Literacy
Karen Baker
http://www.healthwise.org
Overview
In this interactive workshop, you will learn the many ways that plain language can help people understand health information and engage with the health care system. Understand who struggles with health literacy and why. (It can happen to any of us.) Learn how to use plain language techniques to promote understanding.
Overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major public health concern in the US according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), making it more difficult for physicians to easily treat many infections.
Background: The Food and Drug Administration relies on adverse event reports linked with health risks to remove potentially harmful dietary supplements from the market. Many emergency medicine physicians encounter suspected adverse events related to
dietary supplement use but we do not know what proportion of those adverse events are reported to the Food and Drug Administration. The objective of the study was to determine emergency medicine physicians’ practices regarding adverse event reporting and knowledge of dietary supplements.
Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional study was conducted across five medical centers around the U.S: three military and two civilian. A web-based survey was distributed to emergency medicine attending physicians and emergency medicine residents. The questionnaire was created and administered using Lime Survey software. An administrator at each site communicated study details to emergency medicine physicians and residents via email. The survey was kept open for fi ve months. To preserve participant anonymity,
neither email domains, email addresses, Internet Protocol addresses, nor any other personally identifi able or demographic information were collected.
2011 Carbon Ranking Report North Amercia 300Samgill000
Please click on the image to open the Carbon Ranking Report which accompanies the Rankings. The report offers an analysis of the state of emissions reporting across the largest 300 companies in the North America.
10 Great Apps for Teaching and LearningLucy Ansley
This presentation was given at The City of Leicester College, to the parents of a Bring Your Own Device trial year group. It was intended as a brief introduction to the educational potential of the iPad Mini. All of the apps listed are available for free.
The WBG's Global Index Insurance Facility, the USAID and BASIS/I4-sponsored Global Action Network (GAN) and the ILO's Impact Insurance Facility organised a webinar to look into the question "Customer education in agriculture insurance". This webinar featured resource persons both from implementing organizations and international development players. They looked into consumer education roles of different players in the insurance value chain, discussed issues arising at both micro (individual farmers) and meso (community) levels, and showcased some interventions on how consumer education is undertaken.
Speakers: Lory Camba Opem (International Finance Corporation), Brenda Wandera (International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya) and Navin Sharma (ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company, India).
EXPOZIŢIE DE PICTURĂ Promoţia 2009 Vernisaj – Vineri, 02.08.2013, ora 18,o...Emanuel Pope
EXPOZIŢIE DE PICTURĂ
Promoţia 2009
Vernisaj – Vineri, 02.08.2013, ora 18,oo, Sala Milleniului
A prezentat: Conf.Univ. BERTALAN KOVACS
A fost prezent Primarul municipiului Baia Mare, CĂTĂLIN CHERECHEŞ
Din partea CENTRULUI DE EXCELENŢĂ ÎN PROMOVAREA CREATIVITĂŢII ROMÂNEŞTI „PORŢILE NORDULUI” BAIA MARE
Au fost prezenţi MIHAI GANEA şi VIRGINIA PARASCHIV, coordonatori principali.
A Promulgation Of Incredulity In The Pharmaceutical IndustryStuart Silverman
It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines.
Understanding Physician/ Patient Conversations OnlineW2O Group
MDigitalLife's Managing Director & Founder, Greg Matthews led a webinar discussing the evolution of online interactions between patients and Healthcare Providers (HCPs) and what healthcare companies need to know to stay ahead of the curve.
Scientists need to emphasize the innovation and implications of their work if it is to be published. Yet, they face pressures to exaggerate and distort the medical and public health implications of their findings, from institutions, high impact journals seeking immediate media attention, and from the media. If they are to behave responsibly, they must resist such pressures, and instead adopt and encourage responsible reporting practices.
Can you teach an old doc new tricks? Techonomy Bio 2015W2O Group
Greg Matthews' presentation at the Techonomy Bio confernce 2015 in Mountain View, CA (http://techonomy.com/conf/bio15/). Introduces the context of the global health ecosystem.
Talk at the University of Tokyo on history of Retraction Watch, our database, and current trends. Includes titles in Japanese, courtesy of Iekuni Ichikawa.
My June 14, 2017 talk at the Friends of the National Library of Medicine conference, "Consequential Clinical Research Accelerating Continuous Improvement"
03062024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
Find Latest India News and Breaking News these days from India on Politics, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Sports, Lifestyle and Coronavirus News in India and the world over that you can't miss. For real time update Visit our social media handle. Read First India NewsPaper in your morning replace. Visit First India.
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El Puerto de Algeciras continúa un año más como el más eficiente del continente europeo y vuelve a situarse en el “top ten” mundial, según el informe The Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI), elaborado por el Banco Mundial y la consultora S&P Global.
El informe CPPI utiliza dos enfoques metodológicos diferentes para calcular la clasificación del índice: uno administrativo o técnico y otro estadístico, basado en análisis factorial (FA). Según los autores, esta dualidad pretende asegurar una clasificación que refleje con precisión el rendimiento real del puerto, a la vez que sea estadísticamente sólida. En esta edición del informe CPPI 2023, se han empleado los mismos enfoques metodológicos y se ha aplicado un método de agregación de clasificaciones para combinar los resultados de ambos enfoques y obtener una clasificación agregada.
An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
Here is Gabe Whitley's response to my defamation lawsuit for him calling me a rapist and perjurer in court documents.
You have to read it to believe it, but after you read it, you won't believe it. And I included eight examples of defamatory statements/
01062024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
Find Latest India News and Breaking News these days from India on Politics, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Sports, Lifestyle and Coronavirus News in India and the world over that you can't miss. For real time update Visit our social media handle. Read First India NewsPaper in your morning replace. Visit First India.
CLICK:- https://firstindia.co.in/
#First_India_NewsPaper
04062024_First India Newspaper Jaipur.pdfFIRST INDIA
Find Latest India News and Breaking News these days from India on Politics, Business, Entertainment, Technology, Sports, Lifestyle and Coronavirus News in India and the world over that you can't miss. For real time update Visit our social media handle. Read First India NewsPaper in your morning replace. Visit First India.
CLICK:- https://firstindia.co.in/
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Shoot The Messenger? Challenges in Medical Journalism
1. Shoot The Messengers?
Challenges in Medical Journalism
Ivan Oransky, MD
Global Editorial Director, MedPage Today
Vice President, Association of Health Care Journalists
Adjunct Associate Professor (Journalism), New York University
@ivanoransky
SGIM
San Diego
April 25, 2014
2. Disclosures
I am an employee of MedPage Today, LLC, which is not a
commercial entity, but is wholly owned by Everyday Health, Inc.,
a commercial entity in which I own stock options. I am not
discussing or referencing any product Everyday Health sells, but
because I am discussing medical journalism and that is what
MedPage Today does, I wanted to err on the side of disclosure
5. How Are The Media Doing?
Schwitzer G. How do U.S. journalists cover treatments, tests, products,
and procedures? An evaluation of 500 stories. PLoS Medicine 2008
doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0050095
6. 207 stories
• 83 (40%) did not report benefits quantitatively
• 124 did, but
- 103 (83%) reported relative benefits only,
- 3 (2%) absolute benefits only,
- 18 (15%) both absolute and relative benefits
• 98 (47%) mentioned potential harm to patients
• 63 (30%) mentioned costs
• 170 stories cited an expert or a scientific study
- 85 (50%) cited at least one source with disclosed financial ties
- 33 (39%) disclosed these ties
Moynihan R et al. Coverage by the news media of the
benefits and risks of medications. N Engl J Med 2000;
342:1645-1650
How Are The Media Doing?
7. 193 articles reporting at leastone benefit or harm of a drug
100% mentioned at least one benefit
132 (68%) did not mentionside effects or harms
119 (62%) did not quantify benefits or harms
– Of 510 mentions of benefits and harms, only 120 (24%) gave quantitative
information
– In 26% (31/120) the magnitude was presented in relative terms
37(19%) articles reported only surrogate benefits
7 (4%) mentioned contraindications
61 (32%) mentioned drug costs,
89 (46%) mentioned drug alternatives
30 (16%) mentioned nondrug options (such as exerciseor diet)
Cassels A. Drugs in the news: an analysis of Canadian
newspaper coverage of new prescription drugs. CMAJ,
April 29, 2003; 168 (9)
How Are The Media Doing?
8. 193 articles reporting at leastone benefit or harm of a drug
120 (62%) quotedat least one interviewee.
After exclusion of industry and governmentspokespeople, potential
financial conflicts of interest were reported for only 5 of 164
interviewees (3%)
Of 57 articles covering studies, only 15 (26%) includedinformation
on study funding Cassels A. Drugs in the news: an analysis of Canadian
newspaper coverage of new prescription drugs. CMAJ,
April 29, 2003; 168 (9)
How Are The Media Doing?
10. In a national survey of U.S. health and medical journalists:
• Nearly 70% had at least a bachelor’s degree
• 19% reported having a master’s degree;
• 4.5% had a doctorate; about 3% were M.D.s
• Almost half had a degree in journalism
• 13% had a degree in communications
• 8% were ‘‘life sciences’’ majors
Viswanath K et al: Occupational practices and the making
of health news: A national survey of U.S. health and
medical science journalists. Journal of Health
Communication 2008; 13:759–777.
Why Is It So Bad?
11. The Problem
Fewer reporters are doing more stories, broadcasts,
and blog posts
• Sites chasing a smaller number of advertising
dollars
• Pressure to cover more and more, which places
heavy reliance on journals and meetings
• Doubles down on natural tendency to favor what’s
shiny and new
13. The Problem
Many health reporters feel it’s hard to find
independent experts willing to assist
journalists
They think editors need education in critical
appraisal of medical news
Larrson A. Medical messages in the media--barriers and
solutions to improving medical journalism. Health
Expectations 2003;6:323-31.
14. The Problem
Barriers to improving medical journalism
• Lack of time, space and knowledge (the most common
obstacles)
• Competition for space and audience
• Difficulties with terminology
• Problems finding and using sources
• Problems with editors and commercialism
Larrson A. Medical messages in the media--barriers and
solutions to improving medical journalism. Health
Expectations 2003;6:323-31.
15. The Tyranny of the Anecdote
• Make sure anecdotes are appropriately chosen to
serve the interests of fairness and balance. Avoid the
"tyranny of the anecdote." Personal stories used as
examples must be consistent with the larger body of
evidence. Whenever possible, individuals who had both
positive and negative outcomes should be included.
Statement of Principles of the Association of
Health Care Journalists
http://healthjournalism.org/secondarypage-details.php
16. Poor Risk Perception
• The same risk perception factors that trigger fear in
those who consume the news trigger interest in the
people who report it. For reporters, these “fear factors”
are characteristics of a story that has a better chance of
making the front page or the top of a news broadcast.
For editors and producers hungry to increase the
number of readers or viewers, these factors identify
stories that might grab more attention.
David Ropeik, Neiman Reports
http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/10138
17. But It’s Not Just Journalists
Academic medical centers issue a mean of 49 press releases/year
Among 200 randomly selected releases
– 87 (44%) promoted animal or laboratory research, of which 64
(74%) explicitly claimed relevance to human health
– Among 95 releases about clinical research, 22 (23%) omitted study
size and 32 (34%) failed to quantify results
– 113 releases promoted human research
• 17% promoted randomized trials or meta-analyses
• 40% reported on uncontrolled interventions, small samples (<30
participants), surrogate primary outcomes, or unpublished data
—yet 58% lacked the relevant cautions
Woloshin S et al. Press releases by academic
medical centers: not so academic? Ann Intern
Med 2009;150:613-618
18. • Develop relationships
– Answer calls
– Don’t hype
– Don’t just call when you have a paper published
– Send newsworthy items and ideas from other
groups
– Be an reporter’s back pocket expert
• Help news offices write better press releases
What You Can Do
23. Get to Know AHCJ
• >1,500 members in 49 U.S. states, >25 countries
• Strict membership guidelines: Journalists only
• Annual conference with workshops, newsmakers,
more
• Website http://www.healthjournalism.org has
reporting guides, blog, tipsheets, other resources
25. ► University of Pennsylvania
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– Peer reviewed content
– Providing free online CME
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► Vice President, Editor-in-Chief:
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– 25 Medical news
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► Vice President, Global Editorial
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► Sanjay Gupta, MD, Editor, Gupta
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