The BMJ Best Practice podcast publishes interviews with clinical experts, aimed at healthcare professionals and students with an interest in keeping up to date with the latest scientific developments, evidence-based medicine and guidelines. BMJ Best Practice is ranked one of the best clinical decision support tools for health professionals worldwide.* Structured around the clinical workflow and updated daily, BMJ Best Practice uses the latest evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion to offer step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. bestpractice.bmj.com *Kwag KH, González-Lorenzo M, Banzi R, Bonovas S, Moja L. Providing Doctors With High-Quality Information: An U...
Latest episodes
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23 min
Evidence-based medicine, GRADE, and BMJ
The purpose of BMJ Best Practice is to help get evidence into practice. We use GRADE to ensure that we use the highest quality evidence. GRADE helps us to assess evidence for risk…
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21 min
Tremor
Tremor is an involuntary oscillatory and rhythmic movement of a body part. It commonly affects the upper extremities but can also affect the head, chin, voice, or legs. Tremor may…
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20 min
Hypertension
Hypertension is a common disorder that affects a large proportion of the community. It is usually asymptomatic and is detected on routine examination or after the occurrence of a c…
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30 min
Smart learning: Scaling flexible workforce management, clinical decision support, audio learning, and healthte…
This podcast is an interview with Dr Jing Ouyang. He is Co-Founder of Patchwork Health, Doctor, Podcaster and Healthtech Advisor. The interview covers a range of topics including:…
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16 min
Drowning
According to the WHO, over 200,000 people die from drowning globally every year. So it is vital that we get the diagnosis and management of this condition right. To find out how to…
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20 min
Traveller's diarrhoea
Traveller's diarrhoea is common. But it is difficult to put a percentage on it as a lot depends on lots of different factors. However, we do know that traveller's diarrhoea can be…
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18 min
Shared decision-making in difficult circumstances
BMJ Best Practice is our clinical decision support resource. It is designed to help healthcare professionals make better decisions in partnership with their patients. To find out m…
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26 min
Bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder is common and important. So it is vital that we get the diagnosis and management of this condition right. To find out more about this condition, please do listen t…
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28 min
Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary embolism is common and important. So it is vital that we get the diagnosis and management of this condition right. To find out more about this condition, please do listen…
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23 min
Migraine
Migraine is very common, affecting an estimated 1.16 billion people worldwide. It is one of the most disabling neurological disorders. So it is vital that we get diagnosis, managem…
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23 min
Comorbidities
Comorbidities are common and important and have a massive impact on the delivery of care. The BMJ Best Practice Comorbidities Manager is designed to help healthcare professionals d…
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25 min
Shared decision making
BMJ Best Practice is our clinical decision support resource. It is designed to help healthcare professionals make better informed clinical decisions. But such decisions should be m…
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25 min
Mumps
Mumps used to be a common childhood disease. Then it became a lot less common because of vaccination. But now unfortunately it is becoming more common again. So it is vital that we…
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25 min
Pertussis
Pertussis or whooping cough is an acute infectious disease caused by Bordetella pertussis. It is highly contagious, highly serious, and highly preventable. To find out more about t…
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25 min
Social anxiety disorder
Social anxiety disorder is common. The 1-year point prevalence rate is about 7% and the estimated lifetime prevalence about 12%. And social anxiety disorder can have a real effect…
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18 min
Measles
Measles is a serious disease. Unfortunately, it is making a comeback. So we need to know how to diagnose, manage and prevent it. To find out more about how to do all of this, liste…
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24 min
Asthma in children
Paediatric asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease globally and is a significant cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. So it is important that we get the diagno…
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21 min
Factitious disorders
It is difficult to say how common factitious disorders are. A review of psychiatric consultations in a tertiary care setting found about 1% of referrals received a diagnosis of fac…
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27 min
Down syndrome
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability, occurring in 1 in about 800 births worldwide. Children and adults with Down syndrome need high quality ca…
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29 min
Generalised seizures in adults
In 2016, the estimated number of people globally with active epilepsy was 45.9 million. For the US in 2015, this figure was around 3.4 million. So epilepsy is common and generalise…