Evidence-based medicine

factor for personalized medicine. These nanoparticles will cause a life time change in the field of medicine for doctors, biomedical engineers, clinicians and many others who work within this industry. Now, people will be able to be treated with a medication that targets their genetic material. By doing this, the health care system will evolve into a place where cancer can be curable. Treatments such as chemotherapy won’t have to be done any more once personalized medicine is in full affect.…

of chronic and complex diseases. This has created multiple settings in healthcare where nurses can practice, and become part of the healthcare team mainly in acute, long-term, primary care and public health settings. According to the Institute of Medicine (2011), one of the primary goals of nursing education is to meet the diverse patient needs as well as function as a leader. The demand for nurses…

Neurology Field of Medicine and Neurology Expert Witnesses When looking for an expert witness in the field of Neurology, the best candidates are those who have had extensive training in the treatment of all neurological diseases in both adults and children. A neurological expert witness must have the ability to explain complicated methods and procedures, technical medical data as well as interpret opinions about a certain set of facts to the court. Expert Neurological Testimony A. The purpose…

associated pain but several observational studies have found evidence that the use of opioids in the treatment of FM is associated with worse clinical outcomes (Gaskell, 2016). I will not recommend continued use of the hydrocodone but, I will apply better treatment options for her. Assuming that the diagnosis is correct, what would your treatment plan be? With the above knowledge, I will educate the patient on the course and evidence-based treatment options that have been…

Another gratifying thing about Internal Medicine is the long-term interaction with my patients, especially taking care of them during their hospital stay and then the ambulatory follow-ups. Most importantly Internal Medicine provided me all the reasons that why I wanted to become a doctor. During the first ever Dengue fever epidemic in Lahore area in 2012, I was appointed as the registrar…

Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. (Hippocrates) This was my main reason for enrolling into medical school. The progress of the human kind and civilization is the purpose of almost all of the college programmes. Medicine participates in this process in the most direct way. As far as i can remember i had always had this desire to help people in need; this desire dates back to my school days where i used to participate in every charitable event and help those…

Inspiration prompts motivation. Motivation drives perseverance. To be a physician requires constant hardwork , dedication and vision. It is with realization that I embarked on my medical journey years ago and it is what fuels my ambition for Family Medicine. The multitudinous and intricate working of the human body has always fascinated me. Each patient presents a different permutation. I witnessed Ampicillin improving a patient’s savage upper respiratory tract infection. Soon after, the same…

different sections throughout this field in which money is being wasted but one of the biggest would have to be on unnecessary testing. Most doctors order test or procedures not based on the need for them but their concern over liability which is increasing their personal income. This is called “defensive medicine.” The motivation for these extra test and procedures are often to avoid malpractice law-suits or to increase their yearly income. Doctors are compensated more for doing more…

decision to pursue a career in osteopathic medicine is both one that I have only recently reached and the evolution and continuation of a goal I have been pursuing since childhood. The will to help others has always been a part of my character; today that desire has been focused into the goal of preventing the onset of major mental illnesses in at-risk individuals, both by building a strong clinical practice and through research to identify and refine evidence-based interventions for people at…

Introduction The transition of women into medicine, commonly referred to as the feminization of medicine, began with Elizabeth Blackwell who in 1849, was the was the first woman to earn a medical degree also making her the first officially recognized female physician in the United States (Biography.com Editors). Over time, the number of women in medicine has grown from 9.7 percent in 1970 to 47 percent in 2015 (Strasser) and this number is expected to continue rising. As remarkable as it is…