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A lifetime of insights - patient care, philosophy, history, and grappling with how evidence based medicine (EBM) should impact the practice of medicine. Find us on Twitter: @RichardLehman1 @raj_mehta

Richard Lehman & Raj Mehta


    • Aug 30, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 24 EPISODES


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    E23: EBM & Palliative Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 33:09


    Richard and Raj discuss Palliative care

    E22: A brief history of statistics

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 36:32


    Richard and Raj discuss some of the History of Statistics, and how it informs the practice of EBM today.

    E21: Patients' Role in Generating Evidence

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 33:50


    Richard and Raj discuss how patients can be involved in the process of generating evidence, from determining patient centered outcomes to prioritizing types and goals of research.

    E20: Tipping Points in EBM

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2023 36:22


    Richard & Raj discuss decision making in EBM, and the tipping points that change clinical practice.

    E19: Overdiagnosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2023 36:09


    Richard & Raj discuss Overdiagnosis, starting with the difficulty of defining the term to the practical challenges in every day clinical practice. Links on Overdiagnosis: https://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3502 https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/102/9/605/894608

    E18: Screening and Population Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2023 35:16


    References: 1. Wilson JM, Jungner YG. [Principles and practice of mass screening for disease]. Bol Oficina Sanit Panam. 1968;65(4):281-393. 2. Mant D, Fowler G. Mass screening: theory and ethics. BMJ. 1990;300(6729):916-918. doi:10.1136/bmj.300.6729.916 Discussion Timestamps: 0:15 Population Health and Screening History 6:44 Population Health Math 11:41 Screening for Blood Pressure 13:36 Wilson Criteria Difficulty 15:09 Blood Pressure and Screening Programs 22:10 Prostate Cancer Screening 28:27 Colon Cancer Screening 30:06 Colonoscopy Higher Rates of Adenoma Detection

    E17: EBM & AI

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 34:39


    Richard and Raj discuss the potential future role of AI in EBM and medicine

    E16: James Mccormack on Applying Evidence and the "One Agent at a Time" approach

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2023 38:27


    James Mccormack, from https://therapeuticseducation.org/ , discusses personalized, one-agent-at-a-time approach to medication management.   He also has helped to create several decision based websites:   Overall CVD cvdcalculator.com Heart failure https://hfmedchoice.com/ Diabetes https://decisionaid.ca/diabetes/

    E15: EBM & Hypertension

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2023 32:04


    Richard and Raj discuss the history of Hypertension and how it lead up to modern day challenges of managing high blood pressure.

    E14: NNT

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 31:16


    The NNT

    E13: GP Evidence & Web-based Aids for Shared Decision Making

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2023 32:51


    Reference: https://gpevidence.org/

    E12: EBM & Diabetes

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2023 37:37


    richard and raj discuss the changing approach to managing diabetes over the years.

    E11: EBM's over-reliance on meta-analysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 39:06


    Richard and Raj discuss the role of meta-analysis in EBM, in light of the recent controversial cochrane report on masks (physical interventions) in respiratory infections.

    E10: What works for the Individual Patient?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023 42:14


    Richard and Raj discuss personalized medicine in primary care

    E9: Errors in Diagnostic Reasoning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 41:45


    Richard and Raj discuss common challenges and errors that may occur in diagnostic reasoning. Reference: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03507.x

    E8: The Cognitive Process of Diagnosis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2023 37:09


    Richard and Raj discuss the cognitive process of diagnosis, and reflect on the different ways physicians make diagnosis beyond the standard approaches taught in EBM.

    E7: Diagnosis (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 43:02


    Raj and Richard continue their discussion on Diagnosis

    E6. Diagnosis (Part I)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2022 34:31


    References: Diagnostic strategies used in primary care. BMJ 2009; 338 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b946 (Published 20 April 2009)Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b946

    E5: 10 Commandments for patient-centered treatment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 41:27


    1. Lehman R, Tejani AM, McCormack J, Perry T, Yudkin JS. Ten Commandments for patient-centred treatment. Br J Gen Pract. 2015;65(639):532-533. doi:10.3399/bjgp15X687001 https://bjgp.org/content/65/639/532 2. Yudkin JS, Lipska KJ, Montori VM. The idolatry of the surrogate. BMJ. 2011;343(dec28 1):d7995-d7995. doi:10.1136/bmj.d7995 https://www.bmj.com/content/343/bmj.d7995

    E4. CHF: Optimizing Drug Combinations vs Risks of Polypharmacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2022 42:39


    A discussion on Heart Failure, polypharmacy, and optimizing therapy with multiple medications.

    E3. Resuscitating EBM

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 42:17


    Is EBM dead? This was a common claim the 2010's, but the response to the Covid pandemic lends some optimism that EBM is has some life yet! Join us as RIchard discusses the rise of EBM from 90's to the 2020s.

    E2. Shared Decision Making

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2022 33:19


    Richard discussed the concept and complexity of making shared decisions with patients. Or as he prefers to describe it, a "shared understanding of medicine".

    E1 Medicine before EBM

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2022 36:37


    Richard Lehman discusses the practice of primary care before EBM, and why EBM was necessary for medical practice to progress into a new era.

    E.0 Welcome to the Podcast!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2022 1:50


    Introduction to the podcast, where Richard Lehman and Raj Mehta discuss EBM topics.

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