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600 evaluations that change clinical practice
Good news for clinicians! There are now more than 600 evaluations of articles that change clinical practice on our website. These articles feature explicit recommendations to indicate how an article can immediately affect clinical practice.
An excellent example is this evaluation by Bradley Kropp of the Urology Faculty:
Changes Clinical Practice: "Before an urologist operates on a kidney for decreased function, they need to take time out of their busy clinical practice to confirm their results with the nuclear radiologist. On occasion, redrawing the figures can have a dramatic effect on the numbers and potentially save a child from an unnecessary operation, so this double-check should be undertaken with every patient."
Kropp says "It is important to remember that just because a test with a long fancy name ? can generate a 'hard' number from a computer, it does not mean that this number is fact. Medical computers and other scientific software are exposed to the same limitation that every medical decision is subject to and that is the 'human element'? It is hard to program in the sense of sight, touch, taste, and smell and these are all important senses that can contribute to making a great medical decision."
He sums up by saying "As a clinical scientist, I have the advantage of performing science in the laboratory and practicing the 'art' of medicine in the clinical setting. A true artist does not paint by the numbers; therefore, a true urologic surgeon should also not operate by numbers."
You can search for articles that change practice by ticking the 'articles that Change Clinical Practice' box in Advanced Search.
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