Posted by Gary Schwitzer in Evidence-based medicine, Health care journalism
As one clear sign of how we want to help improve the flow of health care information – not just criticize things we see that are communicated inadequately – we’ve built a section of the site called The Toolkit. We plan to continue to add to the Toolkit as time permits and we welcome your nominations for topics you’d like to see addressed.
We think that journalists and consumers can learn from reading the collection of primers, backgrounders, and links that we’ve gathered there.
The Tips For Understanding Studies include:
Our list of independent experts – which, by the way, will soon be updated – is meant to help journalists who may not know where to find non-conflicted sources for their stories.
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This story focuses on a family that may have a rare genetic mutation that increases their risk of heart disease. Unfortunately, the “rare” part wasn’t mentioned until 1,600 words into this 2,100 word story.
While this story adequately addressed 7 of our 10 criteria, the 3 on which it missed were significant omissions, yet could have been easily addressed.
Solid medical conference reporting, with many expert interviews and good context provided. Goes far beyond the conference presentation itself.
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