Once again I will be travelling to Las Vegas this summer to participate in “TAM” — The Amazing Meeting, a critical thinking and (who are we kidding) geek convention. I went to my first TAM last year, and wrote a bizarrely long and cheeky account of the experience that was strangely popular. This year I am particularly looking forward to, roughly in order of importance:
But the main professional attraction is the science-based medicine workshops, presented by the the team of doctors that created the Science-Based Medicine blog, especially Dr. Steven Novella, Dr. David Gorski, and Dr. Harriet Hall. I have had a working relationship with SBM since I met them all last summer, and I volunteer my time doing some copyediting for SBM. If I were to rename my website, I would probably call it Science-Based something or other.
Extremely concise SBM primer
“Science-based” medicine is a conceptual upgrade to “evidence-based medicine” (EBM) that emphasizes that ideas in health care must make a reasonable amount of sense and clearly pass fair scientific tests before we take them seriously. For more information, see Why Science-Based Instead of Evidence-Based?
I am excited about SBM as a movement because I see a dire need for its sensibilities in health care and health information. I predicted that SBM — the idea and the blog — would become a big deal, and I was right. It’s really taking off, and I’m really proud to be involved. It will really be a treat to meet with the SBM writers at TAM8!
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Registered for TAM8 and science-based medicine workshops
Once again I will be travelling to Las Vegas this summer to participate in “TAM” — The Amazing Meeting, a critical thinking and (who are we kidding) geek convention. I went to my first TAM last year, and wrote a bizarrely long and cheeky account of the experience that was strangely popular. This year I am particularly looking forward to, roughly in order of importance:
The blisteringly dry canned air in the hotel that will relentlessly rip into my mucus membranes.Oops, this is the positive list …But the main professional attraction is the science-based medicine workshops, presented by the the team of doctors that created the Science-Based Medicine blog, especially Dr. Steven Novella, Dr. David Gorski, and Dr. Harriet Hall. I have had a working relationship with SBM since I met them all last summer, and I volunteer my time doing some copyediting for SBM. If I were to rename my website, I would probably call it Science-Based something or other.
Extremely concise SBM primer
“Science-based” medicine is a conceptual upgrade to “evidence-based medicine” (EBM) that emphasizes that ideas in health care must make a reasonable amount of sense and clearly pass fair scientific tests before we take them seriously. For more information, see Why Science-Based Instead of Evidence-Based?
I am excited about SBM as a movement because I see a dire need for its sensibilities in health care and health information. I predicted that SBM — the idea and the blog — would become a big deal, and I was right. It’s really taking off, and I’m really proud to be involved. It will really be a treat to meet with the SBM writers at TAM8!