tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248057085226614935.post5633420912749224758..comments2024-03-20T03:09:24.173-05:00Comments on the short coat: (Don't) Mind The GapLauren Westaferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10954779824260112126noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248057085226614935.post-66786086872335475742012-11-11T19:16:45.247-06:002012-11-11T19:16:45.247-06:00Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I love the st...Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I love the stimulation/challenge. You're absolutely right that knowing does not equal doing. I think many of these issues are fundamentally a result of excuses. Our hands are never "that dirty" (yeah right), perhaps we "just washed them" (when?), maybe "everyone else is prescribing X," or the "hospital has Y policy/guidelines." Our inaction or mis-action is not necessarily a product of ignorance but not using what we know (and often, justifying it to ourselves or others). Certainly a great deal for me to think on and motivation to delve deeper and in other facets...I appreciate it!Lauren Westaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10954779824260112126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248057085226614935.post-21563228942310080382012-11-11T19:03:55.942-06:002012-11-11T19:03:55.942-06:00Wow. Thinking deeply on a topic we are all informe...Wow. Thinking deeply on a topic we are all informed about but not all walking the walk. Impressed with post. One thing always bothers me with these issues: knowing isn't doing. KT isn't T until it's done. How many of us don't want to believe what we already know? Dive deep into controversy- it's good for you. But do we practice even the simplest things? Hand washing is my newest crusade and it's way tougher than abx stewardship.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10196943939147162147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248057085226614935.post-3705726370081322182012-11-11T07:52:38.021-06:002012-11-11T07:52:38.021-06:00Hi Lauren,
Super post as usual :-)
I really thin...Hi Lauren,<br /><br />Super post as usual :-)<br /><br />I really think this is an important area for us to think quite hard about. There is lots of knowledge out there, but if we are not applying it in clinical practice then we are not practicing evidence based medicine. <br /><br />I agree with all of your reasons, but perhaps might ask you to think about one more, and that is the issue of authority. In the BestBets system we often talk of ABM or Authority Based Medicine, which basically means that practice is dictated by those who 'say' what is 'good'.<br /><br />So whilst you can aspire to be an evidence based practitioner it is tricky to achieve if you are a junior in the system. This is one of the reasons why I think social media and FOAM are gloriously subversive to traditional ways of changing practice and moving medicine forward. <br /><br />Stunning work,I look forward to reading more.<br /><br />vb<br /><br />S<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01678439060321250414noreply@blogger.com