Countering Medical Misinformation in the Clinical Setting (and Beyond)
CME available on the AMA Ed Hub™: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-education/audio-player/10.1001/ama.2025.0002175 [https://edhub.ama-assn.org/ama-education/audio-player/10.1001/ama.2025.0002175]
Widespread medical misinformation on social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube can negatively impact patient health and erode trust in health care professionals. In this episode, hosts Jodi Abbott, MD, MSc, MHCM, Maylyn Martinez, MD, MSc, and Avir Mitra, MD, and guest Shaalini Ramanadhan, MD, address the urgent issue of unreliable health information online. Tune in to explore how medical professionals can effectively counter health misinformation, restore patient confidence in health care professionals and evidence-based health care decisions, and mitigate the influence of social media misinformation in both clinical settings and online.
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Episode Guest:
• Shaalini Ramanadhan, MD: Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine. Dr Ramanadhan is a generalist obstetrician and gynecologist and a family planning specialist. Her interests include family planning, contraception, opioid use disorder in pregnancy and financial literacy.
Clinically Significant™ is hosted by:
* Jodi Abbott, MD, MSc, MHCM: Professor of Ob/Gyn at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Education Center Curriculum and Outreach for the American Medical Association (AMA).
* Maylyn Martinez, MD, MSc: Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago and former contributing host, writer, and producer for the JAMA Clinical Reviews podcast.
* Avir Mitra, MD: Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at NYU Langone and contributing editor at Radiolab (WNYC).
Resources:
* Planned Parenthood [https://www.plannedparenthood.org/] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@plannedparenthood] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/plannedparenthood/] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/user/plannedparenthood]
* Bedsider.org [https://www.bedsider.org/] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@bedsider] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/bedsider/]
* Dr Jennifer Lincoln [https://www.drjenniferlincoln.com/] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@drjenniferlincoln] | Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/drjenniferlincoln/?hl=en] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@DrJenniferLincoln]
* Dr Zachary Rubin [https://www.oakbrookallergists.com/our-team/zachary-e-rubin-md/] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@rubin_allergy?lang=en]
CME Information:
* Accreditation Statement: The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
* Designation Statement: The AMA designates this Enduring Material activity for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
* Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:
* 0.5 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
* 0.5 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery's (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
* 0.5 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics' (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program; and
* 0.5 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology's (ABPath) Continuing Certification program
* 0.5 Credit towards the CME Requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program
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