Open Evidence-Krafty Librarian

 

Did you catch the Krafty Librarian's post, "OpenEvidence: Smart Medicine or Smart Marketing?"  After meeting our new Internal Medicine Program Director, who had questions about it, I’ve been dabbling with OpenMedicine myself. While Michelle reports accurately that you need an NPI to create an account; I just used my hospital's NPI, and I was in without issue. (If you want a way around that)

The big question, of course, is its utility. I recently leveraged it not as a substitute for a comprehensive search, but to add to one. Specifically, I used it to reinforce my search results on best practices literature, giving me a quick double-check on established evidence to ensure I had a complete picture.

The original blog post raises vital questions about balancing slick presentation with true evidence integrity, and it challenges us to place resources like OpenEvidence in the correct context for our users. Is it a time-saver? Yes. Is it a perfect primary source? Probably not. We need to be the critical thinkers guiding our clinicians and researchers through the noise. 

https://kraftylibrarian.com/openevidence-smart-medicine-or-smart-marketing/ 

Generative Misinformation with Dr. Jevin West

Generative Misinformation with Dr Jevin West

from the University of Washington, Graduate School Office of Public Lectures
Streamed live on Oct 27, 2023

317 vie• Streamed live on Oct 27, 2023

Join the Office of Public Lectures for an evening with Jevin West, Associate Professor in UW Information School, Co-founder of the DataLab. Addressing misinformation is one of society’s grand challenges. In so doing, we might have a chance at the other grand challenges—preventing the next pandemic, preserving our planet, and protecting democracy. Humans, armed and amplified with social media, have been the primary producers of misinformation. This may be changing. Human-like chatbots and other forms of generative AI are and will contribute to this problem. It was a hard enough with humans; AI might make pre-2023 look like the good old days of mitigating misinformation. In this talk, I will address some of these new challenges and potential next steps. [AI did not generate this abstract.]

Dr. West frames the lecture in 4 parts:

• Let's be Amazed about AI
• Let's be Scared
• Let's be Critical
• Let's be Practical 
• Questions from the audience

Excellent lecture!

If this all sounds familiar, Jevin West is one of the authors of Calling BS: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World.