The key initiatives, publications and campaigns that inform Rational Medicine — independent of advertising, regulators and commercial sponsorship.
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
BMJ — since 1962
Independent, advertising-free advice on medicines for clinicians.
WHO Model List of Essential Medicines
WHO — 24th edition
The evidence-based core list, first published 1977.
Preventing Overdiagnosis
Oxford CEBM
Research and teaching on 'Too Much Medicine'.
Wiser Healthcare
Australia
Research collaboration reducing overdiagnosis and overtreatment.
A culture of stewardship
NHS Confederation, 2015
The 'triple value' framework for better-value healthcare.
The Rational Clinical Examination
JAMA / AMA Ed Hub
Evidence behind the diagnostic value of history and examination.
Stanford Medicine 25
Stanford
Reviving 25 bedside physical examination techniques.
Society of Bedside Medicine
bedsidemedicine.org
Global community of physician educators for bedside teaching.
Bad Pharma — Ben Goldacre
Fourth Estate, 2012
How drug companies can mislead doctors and harm patients.
STROBE Statement
strobe-statement.org
Strengthening the reporting of observational studies.
Pragmatic trials using routine EHRs
BMJ, 2012
Routine records as a route to honest, low-cost trials.
Teaching to address overdiagnosis
BMJ EBM, 2024
Edmiston & Hegazi on the doctor's role in the AI era.