Neurology Grand Rounds

About the Event

This installment of Neurology Grand Rounds features Robert A. Gross, M.D., Ph.D., presenting “Believing What You Read: Challenges in Biomedical Publishing.” Gross is the associate chair for academic affairs and a professor of neurology and professor of pharmacology and physiology at the University of Rochester.

Email Michele Davis for the Zoom information.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this event series, the audience participant should be able to:

• Discuss the categories of error in biomedical literature.
• Recognize the Open Access process, its pros and cons.
• Identify the various specific types of design or interpretive errors that lessen the strength of biomedical literature.

Target Audience

• Primary: Neurologists, neuroscientists, nurses, residents, medical students
• Secondary: Other health care professionals

Attributes/Competencies

This activity has been designed to promote some of the following desired physician attributes and competencies:

• ACGME: Patient care and procedural skills; medical knowledge; practice-based learning and improvement; interpersonal and communication skills; professionalism; and systems-based practice.
• IOM: Provide patient-centered care; work in interdisciplinary teams; employ evidence-based practice; apply quality improvement; and utilize informatics.
• IECC: Values/ethics for interprofessional practice; roles/responsibility; interprofessional communication; teams and teamwork.

Gross has no relevant financial relationships to disclose relating to the educational content of this presentation.

The Neurology Grand Rounds planning committee members are William Schwartz, M.D.; Steve Roach, M.D.; Kent Ellington, M.D.; Mayur Patel, M.D.; Michele Davis; and Jason Camarillo. The members of the planning committee report no financial relationships to disclose relating to the educational content of this series.