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Eisenberg Center Conference Series 2012

Supporting Informed Decision Making When Clinical Evidence and Conventional Wisdom Collide

This conference took place on September 13, 2012, in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Presenters and discussants examined, using examples from their professional experiences, where evidence and conventional wisdom collide and what has been learned that can inform communication strategies for the translation, dissemination and integration of evidence in support of clinical decisionmaking.

Learn more about the authors of the papers and the presenters by viewing their biosketches.

Presentations

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Addressing Tensions When Conventional Wisdom, Clinical Policy/Practice, and Evidence-Based Care Collide


Virginia A. Moyer, M.D., M.P.H., Presenter
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

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Durado D. Brooks, M.D., M.P.H., Presenter
American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia

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John S. Santa, M.D., M.P.H., Presenter
Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center, Yonkers, New York

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Steven H. Woolf, M.D., M.P.H., Discussant
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

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Addressing Tensions When Popular Media and Evidence-Based Care Collide


Gary J. Schwitzer, B.A., Presenter
HealthNewsReview.org, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Jakob D. Jensen, Ph.D., Presenter
The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

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Richard L. Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H., Presenter
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California

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Annette Bar-Cohen, M.A., M.P.H., Discussant
National Breast Cancer Coalition, Washington, DC

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Addressing Tensions When Social/Family Support and Evidence-Based Care Collide


Laura A. Siminoff, Ph.D., B.A., M.A., Presenter
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia

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Vetta L. Sanders Thompson, Ph.D., Presenter
Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri

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Annette Bar-Cohen, M.A., M.P.H., Discussant
National Breast Cancer Coalition, Washington, DC

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