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ABSTRACT: Leveraging Social Networks for Toxicovigilance

Abstract The landscape of drug abuse is shifting. Traditional means of characterizing these changes, such as national surveys or voluntary reporting by frontline clinicians, can miss changes in usage the emergence of novel drugs. Delays in detecting novel drug usage patterns make it difficult to evaluate public policy aimed at altering

Posted on 28 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Informatics & Analysis, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Using databases in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 77

Abstract This AMEE Guide offers an introduction to the use of databases in medical education research. It is intended for those who are contemplating conducting research in medical education but are new to the field. The Guide is structured around the process of planning your research so that data collection, management and analysis

Posted on 24 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Informatics & Analysis, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

ReachMD Interview: “Understanding Personal Learning Strategies in Medical Education”

A few weeks back I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Lawrence Sherman as part of the ReachMD lifelong learning series produced in conjunction with the Alliance for CEhp. The interview is airing all this week on ReachMD (channel 167 on SiriusXM) and the podcast is available for download

Posted on 24 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Blog, Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Medical Education

RESOURCE: How natural language processing can help EHRs

Consider natural language processing (NLP), a technology that can produce readable summaries of chunks of text. Basic examples of NLP include social media, newspaper articles, and, as the Parliament of Canada and the European Union have done, translating governmental proceedings into all official languages. But this is just the tip

Posted on 23 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

RESOURCE: Elsevier reveals new layout for Article of the Future

The Article of the Future project is Elsevier’s “never-ending quest to explore better ways to create and deliver the formal published record”. In the latest phase of this ‘quest’, the project team have worked with more than 150 researchers, authors, publishers and editors to come up with multiple prototypes for a new

Posted on 19 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Education Technology, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

MANUSCRIPT: Comparison of the medical students’ perceived self-efficacy and the evaluation of the observers and patients

Background The accuracy of self-assessment has been questioned in studies comparing physicians' self-assessments to observed assessments; however, none of these studies used self-efficacy as a method for self-assessment. The aim of the study was to investigate how medical students' perceived self-efficacy of specific communication skills corresponds to the evaluation of simulated patients

Posted on 15 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Informatics & Analysis, Manuscript, Medical Education, Resources

ABSTRACT: Local social knowledge management: A case study of social learning and knowledge sharing across organizational boundaries

Abstract Knowledge management is normally approached in the context of a single organization’s activities. Recently the focus has been extended to activities which span beyond organizational boundaries, especially to the key role of social learning across organizations. The concept of ‘local social knowledge management’ has been used to stress the process

Posted on 15 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Web link-based relationships among top European universities

Abstract In this paper, an analysis of interlinking between 100 major European universities is given. Since websites contain links to webpages for other organizations, they may reveal the strongest relationships established between two organizations. This analysis of web links allowed us to determine the different behaviours among the universities with regard

Posted on 15 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Informatics & Analysis, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

ABSTRACT: A centralized research data repository enhances retrospective outcomes research capacity: a case report

Abstract This paper describes our considerations and methods for implementing an open-source centralized research data repository (CRDR) and reports its impact on retrospective outcomes research capacity in the urology department at Columbia University. We performed retrospective pretest and post-test analyses of user acceptance, workflow efficiency, and publication quantity and quality (measured

Posted on 11 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Informatics & Analysis, Rapid Learning Healthcare System, Resources

ABSTRACT: Improving the Utilization of Research Knowledge in Agri-food Public Health: A Mixed-Method Review of Knowledge Translation and Transfer.

Abstract Abstract Knowledge translation and transfer (KTT) aims to increase research utilization and ensure that the best available knowledge is used to inform policy and practice. Many frameworks, methods, and terms are used to describe KTT, and the field has largely developed in the health sector over the past decade. There

Posted on 9 Apr 2013
By Brian S McGowan, PhD
In Abstract, Informatics & Analysis, Learning Models & Theory, Medical Education, Resources, Social Media & Medical Education

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ABSTRACT: Leveraging Social Networks for Toxicovigilance

MANUSCRIPT: Using databases in medical education research: AMEE Guide No. 77

ReachMD Interview: “Understanding Personal Learning Strategies in Medical Education”

RESOURCE: How natural language processing can help EHRs

RESOURCE: Elsevier reveals new layout for Article of the Future

MANUSCRIPT: Comparison of the medical students’ perceived self-efficacy and the evaluation of the observers and patients

ABSTRACT: A centralized research data repository enhances retrospective outcomes research capacity: a case report

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