Teaching medical students to use evidence effectively means helping them learn to analyze the quality of evidence, apply evidence-based recommendations to their own patients, rely on other evidence experts, and appreciate the complexity of medical decision making.
By studying both basic economic theory and the social and philosophical values that underpin medical decision making, medical students will be prepared to make better resource allocation decisions.
Use of decision-support systems can improve quality of patient care in residency training programs if the resident physician users participate in the development and routine revision of those systems.
Despite drawbacks of immunosuppression and surgery, vascularized composite allotransplants can enhance lives of patients who meet candidacy criteria and are well supported.
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