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Allen F Shaughnessy

Professor of Family Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Verified email at challiance.org
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Becoming an information master: a guidebook to the medical information jungle

AF Shaughnessy, DC Slawson, JH Bennett - Journal of family practice, 1994 - go.gale.com
The medical information system is a" jungle" in which the unguided visitor can become lost
or disoriented. This paper, the second in a series on becoming a medical information …

[HTML][HTML] How to write an evidence-based clinical review article

J Siwek, ML Gourlay, DC Slawson… - American family …, 2002 - aafp.org
Traditional clinical review articles, also known as updates, differ from systematic reviews and
meta-analyses. Updates selectively review the medical literature while discussing a topic …

Becoming a medical information master: feeling good about not knowing everything

DC Slawson, AF Shaughnessy… - Journal of Family Practice, 1994 - go.gale.com
The body of knowledge in medicine is growing at a phenomenal pace. Clinicians rely on
many sources of medical information--journal articles and reviews, textbooks, colleagues …

Teaching evidence-based medicine: should we be teaching information management instead?

DC Slawson, AF Shaughnessy - Academic medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
To encourage high-quality patient care guided by the best evidence, many medical schools
and residencies are teaching techniques for critically evaluating the medical literature. While …

Family physicians' use of medical abstracts to guide decision making: style or substance?

HC Barry, MH Ebell, AF Shaughnessy… - The Journal of the …, 2001 - Am Board Family Med
BACKGROUND Many physicians rely on the abstracts of research articles to guide their
clinical decision making. This need for expediency is one basis for many journals to reformat …

[HTML][HTML] Herbal and dietary supplement–drug interactions in patients with chronic illnesses

P Gardiner, R Phillips, AF Shaughnessy - American family physician, 2008 - aafp.org
Herbs, vitamins, and other dietary supplements may augment or antagonize the actions of
prescription and nonprescription drugs. St. John's wort is the supplement that has the most …

Entrustable professional activities in family medicine

AF Shaughnessy, J Sparks… - Journal of …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
Abstract Background The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Outcome
Project intended to move residency education toward assessing and documenting resident …

Monoclonal antibodies: magic bullets with a hefty price tag

AF Shaughnessy - Bmj, 2012 - bmj.com
Sales of monoclonal antibodies are projected to reach more than $160 bn in the US alone
over the next few years so is it any wonder that drug companies fiercely protect their profits …

Conflicts of interest and the quality of recommendations in clinical guidelines

L Cosgrove, HJ Bursztajn, DR Erlich… - Journal of Evaluation …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is increasing concern that conflicts of interest affect the development
process of clinical practice guidelines. We evaluated The American Psychiatric Association's …

Obtaining useful information from expert based sources

DC Slawson, AF Shaughnessy - Bmj, 1997 - bmj.com
Clinicians rely heavily on expert based systems–consultation with colleagues, journal
reviews and textbooks, and continuing education activities–to obtain new information. The …