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| Vinay PrasadSummaryAffiliation: Northwestern University Country: USA Publications
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Perspective: beyond storytelling in medicine: an encounter-based curriculumVinay Prasad
Department of Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Acad Med 85:794-8. 2010..The author describes the historical roots of the shift to EBM and highlights the inadequacy of problem-based learning to resolve its challenges. The article details the advantages of an encounter-based approach to medical education...
Chest pain in the emergency department: the case against our current practice of routine noninvasive testingVinay Prasad
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Arch Intern Med 172:1506-9. 2012..We propose that randomized trials be conducted to evaluate whether any testing is better than no further intervention. Data from such an evidence-based approach has the potential to reverse our current practice...
Cardiovascular primary prevention: how high should we set the bar?Vinay Prasad
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Arch Intern Med 172:656-9; discussion 659. 2012..Large studies must show improvements in overall mortality before novel agents are recommended and used. The implications of this proposal are considered...
Baseline event rate, the Concorde fallacy, and the topography of cardiac riskVinay Prasad
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, 333 E Ontario 901B, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Med Hypotheses 75:639-41. 2010..I will contend that current risk models commit a logical error called the Concorde fallacy. The role of risk topography will be suggested as a novel method to rescue cardiac risk models...
Reclaiming the morbidity and mortality conference: between Codman and KunderaVinay Prasad
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Med Humanit 36:108-11. 2010..Instead, transcending hubris should be an endorsed objective. This paper aims to provide a definition and philosophical framework for the M&M conference...
Are we treating professionalism professionally? Medical school behavior as predictors of future outcomesVinay Prasad
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
Teach Learn Med 23:337-41. 2011....
